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EMILIO JACINTO
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EMILIO JACINTO
December 15, 1875 - April 16, 1899
- son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon.
- Mariano died shortly after Emilio was born, forcing Josefa to send him to his uncle, Don José Dizon, so that he might have a better standard of living.
He attended San Juan de Letran College, and later transferred to the University of Santo Tomas to study law.
- He did not finish college and, at the age of 20, joined the secret society called Katipunan. He became the advisor on fiscal matters and secretary to Andrés Bonifacio. He was later known as Utak ng Katipunan.
His sad experiences with his Spanish classmates, his sensitivity to the flight of his people, and his readings about the Spanish injustices led him to do so against the wishes of his mother and his uncle. He was only 19 years old, but became one of the ablest leaders of the Katipunan. To Bonifacio, he was an adviser, a secretary, and a fiscal. He edited the Ang Kalayaan, the newspaper of the Katipunan which informed the people of the aims and activities of the association.
He wrote the Kartilla, the primer of the Katipunan which contained its rules and regulations. He supervised the manufacture of gunpowder. Thus, he was called the “Brain of the Katipunan.”Jacinto was also a poet. His greatest poem was “A La Patria,” inspired by Rizal’s
“Ultimo Adios.” It was signed
“Dimas-Ilaw,” Jacinto’s pen name.
- After Bonifacio's death, Jacinto pressed on the Katipunan's struggle. Like general Mariano Álvarez, he refused to join the forces of general Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the Katipunan's Magdalo faction.
- He contracted malaria and died in Magdalena, Laguna, at the age of 24. His remains were later transferred to the Manila North Cemetery.