Great Orator and Propagandist & Prince of Filipino Orators

He was born in Jaro, Iloilo on December 18, 1856 Placido Lopez and Maria Jacob Jaena

Colegio Provincial and in the Seminario de San

Vicente Ferrer in Jaro in 1869 to study Theology.

had no desire of becoming a priest; he wanted to

become a physician

 He returned to Iloilo and practiced medicine in

outlying communities with such knowledge as he had.

. At the age of 18 he had the audacity to write the story

" Fray Botod

It was not a published copy but it enrage the Spanish

authorities

 To evade arrest, Graciano transferred to Silay, Negros

Occidental where he wrote La Oceania Espaola that was published in Manila.

Madrid where he became known for his speeches and

writings in defense of the Filipinos.

He contributed write-ups advocating liberal measures for the Philippines to several newspapers like the following: El Liberal, El Progreso, Bandera Social de Madrid, La Publicidad, El Pueblo Soberano, and El Deluvio of Barcelona, Espaa en Filipinas, Revista del Circulo Hispano Filipino, and Revista Economica de la Camara de Comercio de Espaa en Londres.

 Gracianos propaganda became a professional entity

after Jose Rizal and Marcelo H. del Pilar joined him.

In 1889, they launched the propaganda newspaper La

Solidaridad with Graciano Lopez Jaena as editor.

His membership in the freemasonry in 1882 under the

symbolic name Bolivar

 On February 15, 1889, the first issue of the La

Solidaridad was published through the financial support of Pablo Rianzares Bautista
He started using his mothers surname Jaena after the

Lopez to distinguish him as Filipino and different from the Lopezes in Spain as this was a popular surname.

 In 1891, he returned to the Philippines under the name

Diego Laura in order to solicit more support from other Filipinos.

When Spanish authorities discovered his presence in

Manila, the Filipino patriots smuggled him to the boat Don Juan that brought him to Hong Kong
On July 22,1891, Jaena sailed back to Barcelona and

founded the newspaper El Latigo Nacional.

 He persevered with the difficulty of keeping the

Propaganda alive until his Tuberculosis took him on January 20, 1896 in Barcelona at the age 0f 40

 Fray - 'friar'

'botod' is an ilonggo word for either a big stomach or gas in the

stomach.

He wrote at the age of 18 Circulated at 1874 satirical story "Fray Botod" which depicted a fat and lecherous priest

Although it was not published a copy circulated in the region but the Friars could not prove that Lpez Jaena was the author.

 It introduces the stereotypical Spanish friar who

uses religion as a tool for oppressing others in order to satiate his appetite for food, money and women.

told through a dialog between a Filipino and his liberal

Spanish friend

The sketches in Fray Botod , illustrate the vile character of the friar through various situations:
having immoral relationships with young girls called

canding-canding threatening and punishing some students from the University of Manila, neglecting his duties as a parish priest in favor of gambling

An all-Filipino organization established by the illustrados of Barcelona on 13 December 1888, To create Filipino representation in the Spanish Cortes. It was also the name of the official publication of the organization.

Galicano Apacible was the first president of the La Solidaridad. Graciano Lpez-Jaena as vice-president, Mariano Ponce as treasurer Jos Rizal, who was then in London, as Honorary President.

February 5 1889, through Jaena, the La Solidaridad newspaper was created. It served as the principal organ of the Propaganda Movement for over five years, its last issue was released on 15 November 1895.

 LA HIJA DEL FRAILE EVERYTING IS HAMBUG

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