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Hidalgo was born on May 8, 1753 as the first child of Don Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla and Doña Ana María Gallaga[citation needed] at the estate of San Diego Corralejo in the Pénjamo jurisdiction.
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At the age of twelve Hidalgo was sent to Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacán to study at the Colegio de San Francisco Javier with the Jesuits, along with his brothers.
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he was ordinaded
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