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    Emilio Jacinto

    “Brains of the Katipunan”


    Emilio was born December 15, 1875 in Trozo, Tondo, Manila, son
    of Mariano Jacinto
    and Josefa Dizon. Emilio grew up without his father since he died when Emilio wa
    s just
    an infant. Emilio was raised by his mother and his uncle Don José Dizon. Emilio’s
    linguistics
    included Spanish and Tagalog and though he preferred to speak Spanish he was
    a prolific
    writer in Tagalog. Emilio attended San Juan de Letran College, and continued his l
    aw studies at
    the University of Santo Tomas before dropping out at the age of eighteen to join
    the Katipunan.

    Emilio Jacinto
    is referred to as the hero of the Philippine Revolution. Emilio joined the
    Katipunan secret society when he was age of
    20. The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-
    Spanish Filipinos in Manila in 1892, which aimed primarily to gain
    independence from Spain through revolution. Emilio went against his family when
    he joined thesecret society in the hopes of contributing to end the injustice suffer
    ed by Filipinos at the hands of the Spanish.
    In 1893 Emilio and his cousin were initiated into the Katipunan in the home of D
    on
    Restituto Javier. When Emilio became a member of the Katipunan he served as fi
    scal adviserand secretary to its founder and leader Andrés Bonifacio (Supremo of
    the Katipunan). He was known in the Katipunan as Pingkian and was
    referred to as the “Brains of the Katipunan”
    because of the many documents that he had prepared which included the consti
    tution. Emilio wrote for the newspaper called Kalayaan under the pen
    name Dimasilaw; he wrote
    poetry, manifestos, statutes and most of the articles and editorials of the newspa
    per. He
    authored the first edition of the Kartilya ng Katipunan, which was published in 18
    96. Included in its teachings were: “A life that is not
    dedicated to a noble cause is like a tree without a shade or a poisonous weed”,
    “Defend theoppressed and fight the oppressor”, and “True piety consists of being
    charitable, loving one’sfellow men, and being judicious in behavior, speech and d
    eed”.
    Emilio was also noted as a close friend to Bonifacio, he supported him and his K
    atipunan
    comrades to the best of his ability. He also headed the Katipunan delegation to a
    Japanese
    admiral to whom they handed a memorial to the Emperor of Japan seeking, in ly
    rical language,his support. He was the sole adviser of the Katipunan’s Supreme
    Council, later the general in
    charge of the army of the North, a knowledgeable supplier of fire
    arms, ammunition, even bowsand arrows, and musical compositions.With the out
    break of the Philippine Revolution in 1896, Emilio became the commander-in-
    chief
    of the revolutionary forces in Laguna and after Bonifacio’s death; Jacinto continue
    d fighting the
    Spaniards but refused to join the forces of General Emilio Aguinaldo.In April 1899
    during a battle in Mahayhay, Laguna, Emilio was wounded in the thigh, captured
    by Spanish troops. He died in prison, of his wounds. Bonifacio always called him
    “the soul of theKatipunan”.

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