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The Birth of Rizal

Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

● June 19, 1861 - Rizal was born, Wednesday, between 11:00 and 12:00 midnight in the town of Calamba,
province of Laguna, Philippines
● June 22, 1861 - he was baptized in the Catholic Church in Calamba
● Father Rufino Collantes - the parish priest who baptized Rizal. He told them “Take good care of this child,
for someday he will become a great man”
● Father Pedro Casanas - Rizal’s godfather, and close friend of the Rizal family.
● Greatest Malayan who ever lived- the title he earned for the wisdom and sacrifices for the country; up to
this day, no Asian has surpassed Rizal’s ingenuity and extreme intelligence
● Dr. Austin Craig was the first to trace Rizal’s family roots and discover his Chinese ancestry.
● Dr. Jose Rizal was a 9th generation patrilineal descendant of a Chinese immigrant and business tycoon
Don Domingo Lamco
● He and his father went on a pilgrimage to Antipolo and afterward visited his sister Saturnina in Manila,
who was at the time a student at La Concordia.

● Products of Rizal’s mixture of blood races, Negritos, Malay,Japanese, Spanish, Chinese

Lakandula
● Who was the king of Tondo who descended from the maternal side of our national hero?

Teodora Alonso Realonda

● Born in Sta. Cruz Manila on November 8, 1826

● She studied at Colegio de Sta. Rosa in Manila
● A remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literally talent, business ability and the
fortitude of Spartan women.
● Teodora’s great grandfather, Eugenio Ursua was a descendant of Japanese settlers.

Saturnina (1850-1913)
● Saturnina “neneng” Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of
Tanauan, Batangas.
● In 1909, Saturnina published Pascual Poblete Tagalog Translation of Noli Me Tangere
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Soledad (1870-1929)
● Soledad “choleng” was the youngest of the Rizal children. Her husband, Pantaleon Quintero,
hailed from Calamba.

Concepcion (1861-1896)
● Concepcion “concha” Jose’s youngest sister, died at the age of 3 when she fell severely ill. Her
death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.
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REPUBLIC ACT 1425 (The Rizal Law)

An Act to include in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities.

● Rizal Law was signed into a law by President Ramon Magsaysay and enacted on June 12, 1956
● Commonly known as the Rizal Act, it was sponsored by Senator Claro M.Recto, creating a decoration
intended to perpetuate Rizal's memory, to be known as the Rizal Pro Patria Award.

● It was House Bill No. 5561 and Senate Bill No.438 that was written by Jose P. Laurel denoted as
Noli-Fili Bill.

Dr. Otley H. Beyer

An anthropologist and technical member of the panel of the Philippines Commission recommended the
following criteria in choosing the national hero

Patriotism VS. Nationalism

Patriotism

● Is the love someone feels for their country that is based on the idea that this country itself is good and
that good people live there

Nationalism

● Also is the love and affection for one’s country, but it’s based on the idea that this particular country is
better than all the rest.

Francisco Mercado Rizal (Hero’s Father

● Born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818

● He studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.
● Rizal affectionately called him “a model of fathers”

On November 15, 1995, the Technical Committee after deliberation and careful study based on Dr.
Onofre Corpuz and Dr, Alfredo Lagmay’s selected the following nine Filipino historical figures to be
recommended as National Heroes.

1. Jose Rizal
2. Andres Bonifacio
3. Emilio Aguinaldo
4. Apolinario mabini
5. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
6. Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat
7. Juan Luna
8. Melchora Aquino
9. Gabriela Silang
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Criteria for Choosing a National Hero

1. The person must be a Filipino

2. Must be peace-loving and pacifist
3. Must have great sense of patriotism
4. Must have die for the country as a martyr

Rizal Childhood Memories

● Un Cuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In memory of My Town) - a poem about Rizal’s beloved town written by Rizal
in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was a student in the Ateneo de Manila.
● The story of the Moth - made the profoundest impression on Rizal “died a martyr to its illusion.

Journey to his Early Education

● Maestro Celestino - Rizal’s first tutor

● Maestro Lucas Padua - second tutor
● Leon Monroy - a former classmate of Rizal’s father, he lived at the Rizal home and instructed Jose in
Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he did not live long. He died five months later.
● June 1869 - at the age of eight, Rizal needed to leave his family to study in Biñan.

Rizal’s Skills and talent

● Linguist - examine the structures of languages and the principles that underlie those structures.
● Architect - a person who is qualified to design buildings and to plan and supervise their construction
● Polemicist - noun
● polemicist -a person who engages in controversial debate:
● Poet- a person who studies and creates poetry
● Naturalist- an expert in or student of natural history.
● Philologist- Philology is also defined as the study of literary texts and oral and written records, the establishment
of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
● Bibliophile- A person who love books
● Cartographer- a person who draws or produces maps
● Geographer- an expert in the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity
as it affects and is affected by these.
● Ethnologist- the study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between
them.
● Humorist- a humorous writer, performer, or artist