The concluding sequence of the movie For Greater Glory (2012) says that the fictional character "Father Christopher" portrayed by actor Peter O'Toole was based on Cristobal Magallanes Jara. Agustín Caloca Cortés Agustín Caloca Cortés (May 5, 1898 – May 25, 1927) was one of the martyrs of Mexico during the Cristero War. Cortés was canonized on May 21, 2000 as part of "Cristóbal Magallanes Jara and 19 other companions". Life Agustin Caloca Cortés was born in San Juan Bautista del Teúl, Zacatecas, on the ranch of La Presa. His parents, Eduwiges and María Plutarca Cortés Caloca, were simple peasants. He began his clerical studies at the Guadalajara Seminary, but in 1914 this campus was closed due to the anticlericalism of the Carrancista leaders. He then went to the Auxiliary Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Totatiche established by Cristóbal Magallanes Jara. In 1919 he re-entered the Guadalajara Seminary to study Theology. He was ordained on August 5, 1923, in the Cathedral Church of Guadalajara. At the request of Jara, Cortés was assigned as a parish priest and as prefect of the auxiliary seminary. In December 1926 he had to flee with eleven fifth year students to Cocoatzco, where he remained until April 1927. In May 1927, he arrived at the seminary to announce that Mexican government soldiers were approaching Totatiche. He ordered the students to abandon the seminary and disperse among the town's population. After helping the students escape, he was taken prisoner and transferred to a jail in Colotlán where he was reunited with Magallanes Jara. He was purportedly offered his freedom by a military officer on account of his young age, but Caloca Cortes refused unless freedom was also granted to Magallanes Jara. His last words before execution by firing squad were, "We live for God and for Him we die." He was originally buried in Colotlán but his remains were later exhumed and transferred to the parish of San Juan Bautista in El Teúl. References External links Genealogy of Cristóbal Magallanes Jara Saints of the Cristero War Baptism Record of Cristobal Magallanes Jara 1869 births 1927 deaths Cristero War Mexican Roman Catholic priests Mexican Roman Catholic saints Martyred Roman Catholic priests Executed Mexican people 20th-century executions by Mexico Victims of anti-Catholic violence in Mexico People from Jalisco 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 20th-century Christian saints Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Canonizations by Pope John Paul II