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Optional Memorial

Saint Christopher Magallanes and Companions

Feast day
May 21
Origin
Mexican

Life

Christopher Magallanes was a priest martyred during the Cristero War in Mexico. He and his twenty-four companions were killed for continuing to minister despite the anti-clerical laws of the Mexican government.

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