Alberto Hurtado
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About
Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer who was the second Chilean to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Before Fame
He studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from 1918 to 1923.
Trivia
His book "Is Chile a Catholic Country" made the claim that most Chileans regarded devotion to the saints as more important than attending mass.
Family Life
He became an orphan after his father died when he was 4.
Associated With
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1994.
