Advent of a hero Life and Works of Rizal

Life and Works of Rizal

2. 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
ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

3. ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO
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

4. MEANINGS OF HIS 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 Domigo 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 stillgreen,
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
the culture by

5. Rizal’s Parent
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

6. Rizal’s Parent
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

7. Ancestry Paternal Side
Domingo Lameo – 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 Lameo‟s son •
Juan Mercado – Francisco‟s son, married to Cirila
Alejandro
• Francisco Mercado – Rizal‟s father (son of Juan
Mercado

8. 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 – “racial”; meaning “new pasture” and “green field”