LIFE OF RIZAL Flashcards
Rizal’s full name
Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Name of Rizal
completed his medical course in Spain and was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid
Doctor
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was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph)
Jose
Name of Rizal
from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar
Protacio
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
Mercado
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from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again
Rizal
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old surname of his mother
Alonso
Name of Rizal
it was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother based on the culture by that time
Realonda
Birth of Rizal
June 19, 1861
aged three days old, Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church
June 22, 1861
a Batangueño, the parish priest who baptized Riza
Father Rufino Collantes
Rizal’s godfather, native of Calamba and close friend of the Rizal family
Father Pedro Casanas
the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery
- 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”
Don Francisco Mercado (1818-1898)
- 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
Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda (1826-1911)
- oldest of the Rizal children
- nicknamed Neneng
- married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas
Saturnina (1850-1913)
- 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
Paciano (1851-1930)
- her pet name was Sisa
- married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong
Narcisa (1852-1939)
- Ypia was her pet name
- married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila
Olympia (1855-1887)
- 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
Lucia (1857-1919)
- Biang was her nickname
- married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
Maria (1859-1945)
- 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
Jose (1861-1896)