Jose Rizal:Life, Works, and Writings

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Jose Rizal :Life, Works,

and Writings
 Chapter 1: Advent of a National Hero
 • June 19, 1861 – birth date of Jose Rizal
 • Born in Calamba, Laguna Province
 • June 22, 1861 – baptismal of Rizal
 • nickname “Pepe”
 • the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
 • Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal
 • Father Pedro Casañas - Rizal‟s godfather
 • Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas and will marry
Lucia
 • “Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Realonda”
 • Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery –the governor general
of the Philippines when Rizal was born.
Meanings of name
 • Jose - was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint SanJose
(St. Joseph)
 • Protacio - from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar
 • Mercado- adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great- great-grandfather
of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado means „market‟ in English
 • Rizal - from the word „Ricial‟ in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still
green, sprouts again
 • Alonzo- old surname of his mother
 • Y – and
 • Realonda - it was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother based on
culture
 Rizal’s Parents
 Francisco Mercado Rizal
 • Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II
 • Born on May 11, 1818
 • Born in Biñan, Laguna
 • June 28, 1848, he married Teodora
 • the youngest of the 13 children of Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado
 Teodora Alonzo Realonda
 • Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos
 • Born on November 9, 1827
 • Rizal‟s first teacher
 • second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brigida de Quintos
 • went to College of Sta. Rosa
The Rizal Children of Franciso Rizal and Teodora Alonso:
Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria, JOSE,
Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad, and Soledad
 Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria,
 Concepcion (died at 3), Jose, Josefa,
Trinidad(unmarried), and Soledad in that order
Ancestry Paternal Side
• Domingo Lamco – great-great grandfather– A
Chinese immigrant from Chang chow “China‟s
City of Spring”, he was married to Ines De la
Rosa
• 1731 – he adopt the name “Mercado‟ meaning
market
• Francisco Mercado – Domingo Lamco‟s son
• Juan Mercado – Francisco‟s son, married to
Cirila Alejandro
• Francisco Mercado – Rizal‟s father (son of Juan
Mercado)
Ancestry Maternal Side
 • Lakan Dula – descendant
 • Eugenio Ursua – great-great grandfather of Rizal – he
was married to Benigna
 • Regina – daughter of Eugenio, married to Manuel De
Quintos
 • Brigida – daughter of Regina, married to Lorenzo
Alberto, mother of Narcisa, Teodora, Gregorio, Jose and
Manuel
 • Rizal – “ricial”; meaning “new pasture” and “green
field”

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