What is your L1?

(First Language)
1. Discuss Rizal’s background
and influences and his
childhood as well as his early
education in Laguna.
2. Identify Rizal’s parents and
siblings.
3. Narrate the execution of the
three martyr priests Gomez,
Burgos and Zamora.
4. Discuss Doña Teodora’s
imprisonment.
How about your L2?
(Second Language)
How about your L2?
(Second Language)
Still, some of us
acquire an L3.
(Third Language)
But can you imagine
anyone acquiring
an L20?
Dr. Jose P. Rizal
• Spoke over 20 languages
• Not only a hero and
political martyr
• Many-splendored genius
• A man with many talents
 RIZAL: A MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• PHYSICIAN
He treated several patients
afflicted not only with eye
diseases.
• OPHTHALMOLOGIST
He graduated in an ophthalmologic
college in Spain.
Rizal treating his mother’s eyes
 RIZAL: A
MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• POET
Rizal wrote over 35 poems including his
famous Ultimo Adios.
• HISTORIAN
His annotation of Antonio de Morga’s
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas entitled
him as one.
 RIZAL: A
MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• FARMER-BUSINESSMAN
He had a partner in Dapitan in the
Abaca business there
(1892-1896).
• SCULPTOR
“The Triumph of Science Over Death,”
Rizal’s most well-known sculpture
“Mother’s Revenge”
RIZAL: A MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• CARTOGRAPHER
He drew maps of Dapitan, The
Philippines and other places he
visited.
• BIBLIOPHILE
He had a big library and brought
many books abroad.
“Relief Map of Mindanao in
Dapitan”
 RIZAL: A
MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• PHILOLOGIST
Rizal’s love of learning and
literature is unequalled.
• PHILOSOPHER
Rizal not only loved wisdom but
also regulated his life and
enjoyed calmness of the life at
all times.
 RIZAL: A
MANY-SPLENDORED
•
GENIUS
HUMORIST
There are many humorous
incidents in the Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo.
• TRAVELER
He traveled around the world three
times.
RIZAL: A MANY-SPLENDORED
GENIUS
• SPORTSMAN
He fenced with Europeans and Juan
Luna and other friends in Europe.
He played chess and bear several
Germans and European friends
and acquaintances.
He could shoot a target 20 meters
away.
Rizal fencing with Juan Luna
 And the list
goes on and on…
 BIRTH OF A HERO
• June 19, 1861 – Rizal was born
• June 22, 1861 – Rizal was
baptized
• Father Rufino Collantes –
baptized Rizal
• Father Pedro Casanas – Rizal’s
godfather
RIZAL’S BIG HEAD?

Rizal as a young man

The 11-year old Rizal
RIZAL’S FAMILY
Francisco Mercado
Rizal
• Rizal’s father
• Born on May 11,
1818
• Studied Latin and
Philosophy at the
College of San Jose
Francisco Mercado Rizal
• Became a tenant in
Calamba
• Died on January 5,
1898 at the age of
80
 Teodora Alonso
Realonda
• Rizal’s mother
• Born on November 8,
1826
• Studied at the College
of Santa Rosa
• Died on August 26,
1911 at the age of 85
 RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

Saturnina Paciano Narcisa

1850-1913 1851-1930 1852-1939
“Neneng” “Sisa”
Manuel Hidalgo Antonio Lopez
 RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

Olimpia Lucia Maria

1855-1887 1857-1919 1859-1945
“Ypia” Mariano “Biang”
Silvestre Ubaldo Herbosa Daniel Cruz
 RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

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Jose Concepcion Josefa
1861-1896 1862-1865 1865-1945
“Pepe” “Concha” “Panggoy”
Josephine Old Maid
Bracken
RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

Trinidad Soledad
1865-1945 1870-1929
“Trining” “Choleng”
Old Maid Pantaleon
Quintero
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 RIZAL’S
ANCESTRY
RIZAL’S ANCESTRY
• Rizal was called “The Great
Malayan”
• actually had Negrito, Malay,
Chinese, Japanese and
Spanish blood
• Predominantly, he was a
Malayan
 PATERNAL SIDE
• Domingo Lamco
– Rizal’s great-great-grandfather
– A Chinese immigrant from
Chiangchow
– Arrived in Manila in about 1690
– Was baptized, married Ines dela
Rosa
– Took the surname “Mercado” in
1731
 PATERNAL SIDE
• Francisco Mercado
– Son of Domingo and Ines
– Rizal’s great-grandfather
– Married Cirila Bernacha
– Resided in Biñan, Laguna
– Was elected gobernadorcillo
of Biñan
 PATERNAL SIDE
• Juan Mercado
– Son of Francisco and Cirila
– Rizal’s grandfather
– Married Cirila Alejandro
– Was also elected
gobernadorcillo of Biñan
– Had thirteen children
 PATERNAL SIDE
• Francisco Mercado
– Youngest son of Juan and Cirila
– Rizal’s father
– Lost his father at the age of 8
– Married Teodora
– Settled in Calamba, Laguna
– Engaged in farming and
business
 MATERNAL SIDE
• Lakandula
– last king of Tondo
• Eugenio Ursua
– Teodora’s great-grandfather
– Was of Japanese ancestry
– Married to Benigna (a Filipina)
 MATERNAL SIDE
• Regina
– Daughter of Eugenio and
Benigna
– Married Atty. Manuel de
Quintos
 MATERNAL SIDE
• Brigida
– Daughter of Regina and
Atty. Quintos
– Married Alberto Alonso
– Had five children
THE RIZAL SURNAME
• In 1731, Domingo Lamco
adopted the surname
“Mercado” (market)
• In 1849, Gov. Gen. Claveria
ordered all Filipinos to
adopt Spanish surnames
THE RIZAL SURNAME
• Francisco adopted the
surname “Rizal”
• Was suggested by the
provincial governor, who
was a family friend
THE RIZAL SURNAME
• Originally “Ricial”
• In Spanish, it means “green fields”
• Prophetic according to Leon Ma.
Guerrero: “a field where wheat, cut
while still in green, sprouts again.”
• Only Jose used the surname Rizal
until 1891
 THE RIZAL
FAMILY:
A GOOD AND
MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILY
A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY
• The Rizal family belonged to the
principalia
• Had a large stone house
• Owned a carjuahe (carriage)
• Had a private library with more
than 1,000 books
• Sent their children to colleges in
Manila
THE RIZAL HOUSE
• A two-storey
building
• Built of adobe
stones and hard
woods
• Roofed with red
tiles
Let’s have a field trip!
The famous landmark of Calamba, the gigantic jar which
has all the Calamba towns written on its surface.
The back of the Rizal house, then and now.
The grand staircase
that leads to the
main hall of the
house
The original karwahe
(carriage) of the
Rizal family, still
intact after all these
years.
Unfortunately, the
horse died many
many years ago.
The living room
The comida or the dining room
The main dining room
The platera
The cocina or kitchen
Jose Rizal's bedroom.
The family well located
at the back of the
house
A most important seat in the house
A replica of Pepe’s little nipa playhouse
HOME LIFE OF THE RIZALS
• The Rizal family had a simple,
contented and happy life
• Believed in the maxim “Spare
the rod and spoil the child”
• Everyday, the family heard
Mass
• Prayed together the Rosary
and Angelus daily
References:
http://www.slideshare.net/kazekage15/rizal-chapter-1-advent-of-a-n
ational-hero
Jose Rizal; Life Works and Writings by Zaide