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Emilio Jacinto was considered one of the greatest military geniuses of his time. He was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and was known as the Brains of the Katipunan, the revolutionary society led by Andres Bonifacio. In his brief time, Jacinto helped to lead the battle for Filipino independence from Spain.
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EARLY LIFE
- Emilio Jacinto was born in Manila on the 15th of December 1875.
- Emilio Jacinto was the only son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon.
- Soon after he was born, his father died.
- This untimely death caused his mother to send him to his uncle, Don Jose’ Dizon, believing that the young Emilio could have a better life than she could give.
EDUCATION
- There little information about Emilio’s early life.
- However, it is known that by the time he withdrew college, he was fluent both in Spanish and Tagalog, but he preferred to speak in Spanish most of the time.
- Emilio briefly went to San Juan de Letran College when he first embarked on his college career.
- Deciding to study law, he later attended the University of San Tomas, where a future president of the Philippines, including Juan Sumulong were among his classmates.
- Emilio left college and did not complete his law degree.
POLITICS AND REVOLUTION
- After dropping out of college, aged 19, Emilio joined the secret revolutionary society called the Katipunan or KKK (Kataas-taasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang mga Anak ng Bayan — Supreme and Venerable Society of the Children of the Nation) aimed to fight for Philippine independence from Spain.
- When the Spanish authority executed Jose Rizal on trumped-up charges in December of 1896, the Katipunan urged its followers to war.
- Emilio became the secretary who directly reports to the leader of the Katipunan.
- He was also the chief advisor on fiscal matters concerning this secret society.
- Andres Bonifacio was not well-educated, so he yielded to his younger comrade on such things.
- In addition to these duties, Emilio also wrote for the official Katipunan newspaper, the Kalayaan.
- He also penned the official guidebook for new members and current members of the Katipunan called the Kartilya ng Katipunan.
- Despite his young age of just 21, Emilio became a general in the group’s guerrilla army, taking an active role in the fight against the Spanish near Manila.
- Emilio was given a different name when he was a member of this group. To the Katipunan, he was often regarded as Utak ng Katipunan (Brains of the Katipunan). However, when writing for the newspaper, he wrote under the pseudonym Dimasilaw. In the Katipunan, he used the alias “Pingkian.”
- When Andres Bonifacio, the Supremo (Supreme President) of the Katipunan died, Jacinto pressed on with the Katipunan’s struggle.
- The self-proclaimed president of the Katipunan, Emilio Aguinaldo, then approached Emilio Jacinto, trying to recruit him to his branch of the organization.
- Like general Mariano Álvarez, he refused to join the forces of General Aguinaldo.
- Emilio lived in Magdalena, Laguna, and also joined the militia fighting the Spaniards.
- He was severely injured in a battle at the Maimpis River in February of 1898 but found refuge in the Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church, which presently boasts a marker noting the event.
- Although he survived this wound, he died on April 16, 1899, of malaria at the age of 23 years old in Brgy. Alipit, Santa Cruz, Laguna.
- Initially, Emilio’s remains were buried in Brgy. San Juan Santa Cruz, Laguna, and were transferred to Manila North Cemetery several years later.
- Emilio Jacinto was married to Catalina de Jesús, who was pregnant at the time of his death.
TRIBUTES
- In the 1970s, Emilio’s remains were transferred and enshrined at Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park in Quezon City. At the shrine is a life-size bronze sculpture of a defiant Jacinto riding a horse during his times being a revolutionary.
- A different statue of Jacinto is situated in Mehan Garden.
- On April 17, 2017, another monument of Jacinto was revealed in the town plaza of Magdalena, Laguna.
- Emilio’s image used to be featured on the old 20 peso bill that was circulated from 1949 to 1969, and also on the old 20 centavo coin.
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