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Rafael Cordero
Puerto Rican educator
SaintSpainPost-1588
Feast: 5 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1790
Died
1868
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Rafael Cordero y Molina (October 24, 1790 – July 5, 1868), sometimes known as "Maestro Cordero", was a self-educated Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to the children of his city regardless of race or social standing.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q7282084 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rafael Cordero (educator) (CC BY-SA)
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