RIZAL

• William Howard Taft- pumili kay Rizal bilang maging national hero
• His parents were Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso.
• Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda is his full name.
• He was born on June 19, 1861 at Calamba, Laguna.
• Requirements para maging national hero ay dapat yumao na, may pagmamahal sa bayan, dapat may pagmamahal sa bayan, may kalmadong disposisyon at dramatiko ang pagkamatay
• RIZAL LAW- RA 1425, June 12,1956
• GNED 09 | LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

  • BSACC 3
  • SINAUNANG CHISMOSA
• Mga kapatid ni Rizal

  • Saturnina
  • Paciano
  • Narcisa
  • Olimpia
  • Lucia
  • Maria
  • Concepcion
  • Josefa
  • Trinidad
  • Soledad
• Jose Rizal

  Pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas
• Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna
• Jose Rizal was the 7th child among his siblings
• Jose Rizal almost died when he was born because his head was too big
• Jose Rizal was baptized by Father Rufino Colantes on June 22, 1861
• Jose Rizal


  Occupation: Ophthalmologist, Writer/Novelist/Poet
• Jose Rizal


  • A Polymath: Essayist, Educator, Linguist, Businessman, Economist, Sportsman, Artist, etc.
  • A Polyglot: Knew 22 languages (Spanish, French, Latin, German, etc.)
• Jose Rizal's name


  Jose - Named after the patron saint St. Joseph

  Protacio - Named after the calendar saint St. Protacius

  Rizal - Means 'green field', from the Claveria Decree

  Mercado - Surname of his father's ancestors

  Alonzo - Old surname of his mother

  Realonda - From the surname of his mother's godmother
• Jose Rizal's nicknames


  Pepe - From the Latin 'pater putativus' (P.P.) meaning 'putative father', a common nickname for Jose

  Piso - Common nickname for Jose
• The Rizal family was not originally part of the principalia (nobility) of Calamba
• The Rizal family had a large stone house, farmland, and a store in Calamba
• Rizal's parents


  • Father: Don Francisco Mercado Rizal

  Mother: Doña Teodora Alonzo Realonda
• Don Francisco Mercado Rizal

  • Born in Biñan, Laguna

  Farmer and tenant of a hacienda in Calamba

  Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose

  Had a sturdy build, serious, courageous, and persistent

  Had high dignity and deep appreciation for honor and self
• Doña Teodora Alonzo Realonda

  • Born in Manila

  Graduated from the College of Santa Rosa

  Had high interest in literature, religious, and had good manners

  Good wife, successful businesswoman, and courageous

  Strict in implementing discipline to her children
• Rizal's siblings


  • Saturnina

  Paciano

  Narcisa

  Olimpia

  Lucia

  Maria

  Concepcion

  Josefa

  Trinidad

  Soledad
• Saturnina


  • Eldest sibling, nicknamed "Neneng"

  Became a second mother to Rizal

  Married Manuel T. Hidalgo

  Supported Rizal in reaching Europe
• Paciano


  • Eldest brother and Rizal's confidant

  Combat general

  Had two children with Severina Decena
• Maria


  • Nicknamed "Biang", married Daniel Faustino Cruz

  Talked to Jose when he wanted to marry Josephine
• Jose Rizal


  • The most famous hero of the Philippines

  Married Josephine Bracken

  Had one child who died immediately
• Concepcion


  • Nicknamed "Concha", died at the age of three

  Rizal's most favorite sibling
• The Rizal family home in Calamba is now the Jose Rizal Shrine
• The Rizal Ancestral House in Calamba is a copy of the original two-story, colonial-style house where Jose Rizal was born
• In the 1860s, Calamba was known for its rice production
• The poblacion (town center) of Calamba was part of the Dominican hacienda
• The situation in Calamba was not much different from the rest of the Philippines at that time
• Teodora Alonzo


  Rizal's mother and first teacher
• Leon Monroy


  Rizal's first formal teacher
• Other teachers of Rizal

  • Maestro Calestino

  Maestro Lukas Padua

  Justiniano Aquino Cruz
• Rizal was sent to Biñan at the age of 9 to continue his studies
• Rizal's daily routine in Biñan included attending mass at 4 AM, picking mabolo fruits, eating breakfast, going to school, coming home for lunch at 10 AM, returning to school in the afternoon, and studying lessons, painting, or drawing at home in the evening
• Rizal finished his primary education in Biñan on December 17, 1870
• Rizal took the ship Talim when he left Biñan