Saint Mateo Correamagallanes
Also known as: Mateo Correa
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
February 6
Born
July 23, 1866
Died
February 1, 6
Canonized
21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico
Beatified
22 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Mateo Correamagallanes, also known as Mateo Correa, was born on 23 July 1866 in Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico. He attended the seminary at Zacatecas on a scholarship, beginning on 12 January 1881. After several years of dedicated study and formation, he was ordained as a priest on 20 August 1893....