Case file · Apparition / miracle
Difunta Correa
Deolinda Correa is said to have died of thirst in the San Juan desert around 1841 while following her conscripted husband during Argentina's civil wars; muleteers found her baby still alive, nursing at her breast.
1841 CE · -31.74, -67.99 · status: legend
The account
Her shrine at Vallecito is surrounded by mountains of water bottles left by drivers and pilgrims, and small roadside shrines to her appear all over Argentina. The year is approximate.
The sceptical view
There are no records of Deolinda Correa; she is a folk saint whose cult the Church does not recognise.