In the 1840s a civil war raged in Argentina, the porteños against the interior of the country. One woman named Deolina Correa set out with her infant baby and supplies to follow her sick husband, serving as a soldier in the war. After her food and water ran dry, she soon collapsed in the desert, dead. When were body was found, those there were astonished to find that her infant baby was still alive, suckling on the dead woman's breast. Soon news spread of the apparent miracle, and people began to become devotees to the dead soul (not technically a saint) who had come to be known as Difunta Correa (literally, "defunct Correa"). The site where she supposedly died began as a simple cross on a hilltop about 100 years after her death, but has since
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