Miguel Ángel Gaitán

Miguel Ángel Gaitán
Location of Villa Unión in La Rioja
Location of La Rioja in Argentina

Miguel Ángel Gaitán (July 9, 1966—June 24, 1967[1]), also known as El Angelito Milagroso (Spanish for "Miracle Child" — "angelito", which is diminutive for ángel (angel), is a reference to his name) was an Argentine baby who died of meningitis, fifteen days before his first birthday.

He was born in Banda Florida, on the banks of the Bermejo River, in Villa Unión, head of the Coronel Felipe Varela department of the province of La Rioja, Argentina. He was the 12th son from Argentina Nery Olguín and Barnabas Gaitán (which had fifteen children but only nine survived). Miguelito died on June 24, 1967 when he was urgently transported by an ambulance to Chilecito.

His corpse remained remarkably well preserved, as was discovered after a violent rainstorm in 1973, seven years after his death, which unearthed the baby's coffin. After four attempts to build tombs to shelter the coffin, which kept appearing collapsed the next day, the locals decided to keep the coffin out in the open. But then the coffin's lid kept being removed, and presuming those to be signs that he didn't want to be hidden, but rather seen by the people, his mother finally transferred the body to a coffin with a glass lid, on which he has stayed to the present day, revered by people from all Argentina which recurred to him for miracles as a folk saint. He eventually gained international fame, being covered by several newspapers, most notably the New York Times.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ María de Hoyos and Laura Migale. "Miguelito o El Angelito Milagroso". Cuco — Diccionario de Mitos y Leyendas - Equipo NAyA (Noticias de Antropología y Arqueología). http://www.cuco.com.ar/angelitos_miguelito.htm.  (Spanish)

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Miguel Ángel Builes — Gómez Obispo de Santa Rosa de Osos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Miguel Abadía Méndez — 17th President of Colombia In office 7 August 1926 – 7 August 1930 Preceded by …   Wikipedia

  • Miguel Urrutia Montoya — 12th General Manager of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia In office 22 February 1993 – 1 January 2004 President César Gaviria Trujillo Preceded by Francisco José Ortega Acosta Succeeded by …   Wikipedia

  • Jorge Eliécer Gaitán — Mandats Ministre du Travail, de l Hygiène et de la Protection sociale …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Municipios y juntas de gobierno de Entre Ríos — Anexo:Municipios y juntas de gobierno de Entre Ríos Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Lista de gobiernos locales (municipios y juntas de gobierno) de la Provincia de Entre Ríos en la República Argentina. Nota: la división de los municipios en dos… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Religion in Argentina — A majority of the population of Argentina is nominally Roman Catholic. Pentecostal churches and traditional Protestant denominations are present in most communities. Argentina has the largest Jewish population in Latin America, about 300,000.… …   Wikipedia

  • Difunta Correa — Sanctuary dedicated to the Difunta Correa, located between the cities of Tacuarembó and Paso de los Toros (Uruguay). The Deceased (Deolinda) Correa (in Spanish La Difunta Correa) is a semi pagan mythical figure in folk religion, for which a… …   Wikipedia

  • Tournoi d'ouverture du championnat du Mexique de football 2003 — Infobox compétition sportive Tournoi Apertura 2003 Édition 15e Date du 2 août 2003 au 20 décembre 2003 Promu(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tournoi de clôture du championnat du Mexique de football 2003 — Infobox compétition sportive Tournoi Clausura 2003 Édition 14e Date du 11 janvier 2003 au 14 juin 2003 Promu(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Desafío 2009 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Desafío 2009 Título Desafío 2009 Género Reality Presentado por Victor Mallarino Taliana Vargas País de origen …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”