Martyrd o m a t

Bagu m ba y an CHAPTER 25
The Life and
Works of Rizal
• After being court- martialed, Rizal
returned to his cell in Fort Santiago
to prepare his rendezvous with
destiny.
• Dec. 30, 1896 – he was busy meeting
visitors which includes his family and
friends.
• He was also able to write his last
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896

6:00 A.M.
Captain Rafael Rodriguez read Rizal’s death sentence – he
will be shot at the back by firing squad at 7:00 A.M. in
Bagumbayan.

7:00 A.M.
Rizal was moved to the prison chapel where he spent his
last moments. His first visitors were Jesuit priests.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896
7:15 A.M.
Rizal reminded Fr. Luis Viza the statuette of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus whom he carved as a student in Ateneo.

8:00 A.M.
Rizal had a breakfast with Fr. Antonio Rosell. After
breakfast, his attorney, Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade came.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896
9:00 A.M.
Fr. Frederico Faura arrived. Rizal reminded the priest of
his earlier ‘prophecy’ about Rizal

10:00 A.M.
More Jesuit priests had visited him. After then, he was
interviewed by Santiago Mataix for the newspaper El
Heraldo de Madrid.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896
12:00 N.N. - 3:00 P.M.
Rizal was left alone in his cell. He took his lunch and continued
writing his farewell poem which he hid in an alcohol cooking
stove. He also wrote his last letter to Professor Blumentritt.

3:30 P.M.
Father Vicente Balaguer returned to his cell and discussed with
Rizal his retraction letter.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896
4:00 P.M.
Teodora Alonzo visited him. They had a very emotional encounter.
Rizal gave the alcohol cooking stove to Trinidad which contains his
farewell poem. Several priests have visited him afterwards.

10:00 P.M.
The draft of the retraction letter sent by the anti-Filipino
Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda was given by Fr. Balaguer to Rizal
for his signature. He had rejected it.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896
Upon Rizal’s death, his supposedly ‘retraction letter’ became of
one of the most controversial documents in our history.

This ‘retraction letter’ allegedly contains his renunciation of

the Masonry and his ‘anti-Catholic religious ideas.’

Depending on whose side you are on, some Rizalists claims that it
is fake while some believe it to be genuine.
• There had been some evidences but so far these had only heated
up the debate between the two factions.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 29, 1896

“Now I am about to die, and it is to you

I dedicate my last lines, to tell you how
sad I am to leave you alone in life,
burdened with the weight of the family
and our old parents.”
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
5:30 A.M.
Josephine Bracken arrived together with Rizal’s sister, Josefa,
with tears in her eyes, bade him farewell. Rizal embraced her for
the last time, and before she left, Rizal gave her a last gift – a
religious book, Imitation of Christ by Father Thomas Kempis.

6:00 A.M.
As the soldiers were getting ready for the death march to
Bagumbayan, Rizal wrote his last letter to his beloved parents.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
“My beloved Father, pardon me for the pain with
which I repay you, for sorrows and sacrifices
for my education. I did not want it nor did I
prefer it. Goodbye Father, goodbye.”

“To my very dear Mother, Sra. Dona Teodora

Alonso 6 o’oclock in the morning, December 30,
1896.”
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
6:30 A.M.

At about 6:30 A.M., a trumpet sounded at Fort Santiago,

a signal to begin the death march to Bagumbayan.

Rizal walked calmly with his defense counsel and two

Jesuit priests at his sides.
He was dressed elegantly in a black suit, black derby
hat, black shoes, white shirt and black tie. His arms
were tied behind from elbow to elbow.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
There a lot of spectators lining the street from Fort
Santiago to Bagumbayan.
As he was going through the narrow Postigo Gate,
Rizal looked at the sky and said to one of the
priests: “How beautiful it is today, Father. What
morning could be more serene! How clear is Corregidor
and the mountains of Cavite! On mornings like this, I
used to take a walk with my sweetheart.”
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
While he was passing in front of the Ateneo, he saw
the college towers above the walls. He asked: “Is
that the Ateneo, Father?” “Yes”, replied the priest.
A Spanish military physician, Dr. Felipe Ruiz
Castillo, asked his permission to feel his pulse. He
was amazed to find it normal, showing that Jose
Rizal was not afraid to die.
Rizal’s Last Hours
December 30, 1896
• 7:03 A.M.
The death ruffles of the drums filled the air. Above
the drum beats, the sharp command “Fire” was heard,
and the guns of the firing squad barked. Rizal, with
supreme effort, turned his bullet-riddled body to the
right, and fell on the ground dead – with face upward
facing the morning sun. It was exactly 7:03 in the
morning – aged 35 years, 5 months and 11 days.
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