LIFE OF RIZAL Flashcards

1
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Rizal’s full name

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Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

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Name of Rizal

completed his medical course in Spain and was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid

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Doctor

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Name of Rizal

was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph)

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Jose

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Name of Rizal

from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar

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Protacio

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5
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Name of Rizal

adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado means ‘market’ in English

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Mercado

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Name of Rizal

from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again

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Rizal

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7
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Name of Rizal

old surname of his mother

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Alonso

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Name of Rizal

it was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother based on the culture by that time

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Realonda

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9
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Birth of Rizal

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June 19, 1861

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aged three days old, Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church

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June 22, 1861

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a Batangueño, the parish priest who baptized Riza

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Father Rufino Collantes

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12
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Rizal’s godfather, native of Calamba and close friend of the Rizal family

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Father Pedro Casanas

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13
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the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born

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Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery

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  • born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818
  • studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila
  • became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda
  • a hardy and independent-minded man, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit
  • died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80-Rizal affectionately called him “a model of fathers”
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Don Francisco Mercado (1818-1898)

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  • born in Manila on November 8, 1826
  • educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls in the city
  • a remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business ability, and the fortitude of Spartan women
  • is a woman of more than ordinary culture: she knows literature and speaks Spanish (according to Rizal)
  • died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85
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Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda (1826-1911)

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  • oldest of the Rizal children
  • nicknamed Neneng
  • married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas
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Saturnina (1850-1913)

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  • older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal-was a second father to Rizal
  • immortalized him in Rizal’s first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tasio
  • Rizal regarded him as the “most noble of Filipinos”
  • became a combat general in the Philippine Revolution
  • died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79
  • had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena)—a boy and a girl
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Paciano (1851-1930)

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  • her pet name was Sisa
  • married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong
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Narcisa (1852-1939)

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  • Ypia was her pet name
  • married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila
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Olympia (1855-1887)

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20
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  • married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of Father Casanas
  • Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal
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Lucia (1857-1919)

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21
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  • Biang was her nickname
  • married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
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Maria (1859-1945)

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22
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  • the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
  • nickname was Pepe
  • lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong
  • had a son but this baby boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him “Francisco” after his father and buried him in Dapitan
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Jose (1861-1896)

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23
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  • her pet name was Concha
  • died of sickness at the age of 3
  • her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life
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Concepcion (1862-1865)

24
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  • her pet name was Panggoy
  • died an old maid at the age of 80
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Josefa (1865-1945)

25
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  • Trining was her pet name
  • she died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83
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Trinidad (1868-1951)

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  • youngest of the Rizal children
  • her pet name was Choleng
  • married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba
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Soledad (1870-1929

27
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Rizal’s paternal ancestor

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Domingo Lamco

28
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Rizal’s maternal ancestor

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Eugenio Ursua

29
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Rizal’s great grandfather

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Francisco Mercado

30
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Rizal’s grandfather

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Juan Mercado

31
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Rizal’s great grandmother

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Regina

32
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Rizal’s grandmother

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Brigida

33
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a poem about Rizal’s beloved town written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was student in the Ateneo de Manila

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Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)

34
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Rizal;s childhood memories

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  • his happy days in the family garden when he was three years old
  • daily Angelus prayer - by nightfall, Rizal related, his mother gathered all the children at the house to pray the Angelus
  • nocturnal walk in the town, especially when there was a moon
35
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First sorrow of Rizal

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death of his sister Concepcion (Concha)

36
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story that made the profoundest impression on Rizal

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The Story of the Moth

37
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  • Rizal’s first poem in native language at the age of eight
  • reveals Rizal’s earliest nationalist sentiment
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Sa Aking Mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children)

38
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influences on the hero’s boyhood

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  1. hereditary influence
  2. environmental influence
  3. aid of Divine Providence
39
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studied for eleven years in British school in Calcutta, India and had traveled in Europe inspired Rizal to develop his artistic ability

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Tio Jose Alberto

40
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a husky and athletic man, encouraged Rizal to develop his frail body by means of physical exercises

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Tio Manuel

41
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a book lover, intensified Rizal’s voracious reading of good book

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Tio Gregorio

42
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the old and learned parish priest of Calamba, fostered Rizal’s love for scholarship and intellectual honesty

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Father Leoncio Lopez

43
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First teacher of Rizal

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Dona Teodora Alonso Realonda

44
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Rizal’s first private tutor

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Maestro Celestino

45
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Rizal’s second tutor

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Maestro Lucas Padua

46
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  • a former classmate of Rizal’s father became Rizal’s tutor that instructed Jose in Spanish and Latin
  • he died five months later
A

Leon Monroy

47
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Rizal left Calamba for Biñan accompanied by Paciano

A

Sunday afternoon in June, 1869

48
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  • Rizal’s teacher in a private school in Biñan
  • Rizal described his teacher as follows: He was thin, long-necked, with a sharp nose and a body slightly bent forward
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Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz

49
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the teacher’s son which Rizal challenged to a figh

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Pedro

50
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challenged Rizal to an arm-wrestling match

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Andres Salandanan

51
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an old painter who was the father-in-law of the school teacher; freely give Rizal lessons in drawing and painting

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Juancho

52
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  • Rizal’s classmate who also loved painting, became apprentices of the old painter
  • “the favorite painters of the class” because of his artistic talen
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Jose Guevara

53
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Rizal received a letter from his sister Saturnina, informing him of the arrival of the steamer Talim which would take him from Biñan to Calamba

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Christmas in 1870

54
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Rizal left Biñan after one year and a half of schooling

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Saturday afternoon, December 17, 1870

55
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a Frenchman friend of Rizal’s father who took care of him on board

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Arturo Camps

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