5.15.2006

Philippine Heroes and Heroines-Gregoria de Jesus

Gregoria de Jesus

Gregoria was born in Kaloocan on May 15, 1875. Her parents were
Jesus de Jesus who was a carpenter and served as gobernadorsillo while her
mother was Baltazara Alvarez Francisco.


She married Andres Bonifacio in a Roman Catholic rites at the Binondo
Church in 1894 and in another set of rites in the Katipunan in July 1893,
the same time when the women’s chapter of the Katipunan was formed.
Together with Marina Dizon, Josefa Rizal, Angelica Lopez, Delfina Herbosa
and Benita Rodriguez, they were initiated as Katipunan members. She
adopted the name Lakambini.

Gregoria and Andres had one child but the child died of small pox and
their house in Sta. Cruz was burned. She was designated the keeper of
records and the seal of the Katipunan. To escape capture, she often crossed
provinces on foot. After Bonifacio’s untimely death, she lived in the
mountains of Pasig where she met Julio Nakpil. They were later wed
in Quiapo Church in Manila.

They lived in the Quiapo house of Dr. Ariston Bautista, a friend of
Filipino propagandists in Spain.

Gregoria died on March 15, 1943.

links
1. autobiography

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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