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Emilio Jacinto: Philippine

Emilio Jacinto was born in 1875 in the Philippines. After his father died, he was raised by his uncle and received an education, becoming fluent in Spanish and Tagalog. He joined the Katipunan revolutionary group seeking independence from Spain at age 20 before completing his law degree. As a leader in the Katipunan, Jacinto took on several roles including secretary, advisor, and writer of their newspaper. He helped guide the group in continuing their independence efforts after the previous leader passed away. Unfortunately, Jacinto contracted malaria and died at the young age of 24, becoming known as the "Brains of the Katipunan" for his contributions to their cause.

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Emilio Jacinto: Philippine

Emilio Jacinto was born in 1875 in the Philippines. After his father died, he was raised by his uncle and received an education, becoming fluent in Spanish and Tagalog. He joined the Katipunan revolutionary group seeking independence from Spain at age 20 before completing his law degree. As a leader in the Katipunan, Jacinto took on several roles including secretary, advisor, and writer of their newspaper. He helped guide the group in continuing their independence efforts after the previous leader passed away. Unfortunately, Jacinto contracted malaria and died at the young age of 24, becoming known as the "Brains of the Katipunan" for his contributions to their cause.

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Emilio Jacinto

This biography of Emilio Jacinto begins with his early life:

 Emilio Jacinto was born in 1875 on the 15th of December.


 He was the only son of a man named Mariano Jacinto and a woman named Josefa Dizon.
 Shortly after he was born, his father passed away. This untimely death forced his mother
to send Emilio to live with his uncle, Don Jose’ Dizon. His mother believed that his uncle could
care for the young Emilio better then she could after the death of Mariano.

College and Education


Very little is known about Emilio’s early childhood up until the point that he went to college.
However, it is known that by the time he went away to college, he could fluently speak both
Spanish and Tagalog, the language of the Philippine people. However, he preferred to speak in
Spanish a majority of the time.

Emilio attended the San Juan de Latran College when he first embarked on his college career.
However, he later attended the University of San Tomas in order to study law. Emilio left college
before completing his law degree.

Politics and Revolution


Perhaps the most interesting part of a biography of Emilio Jacinto are the details about his
political life and contributions:

 After dropping out of college at the age of 20, Emilio joined the Katipunan, a secret
revolutionary society. This was a group whose objective was to gain Philippine independence
from Spain in 1892.
 Jacinto became the secretary, directly reporting to the leader of the Katipunan. He also
became the chief advisor on fiscal matters concerning this secret society. In addition to these
duties, Emilio also wrote the society’s newspaper, the Kalayaan.
 Emilio was given a new name when he was part of this group. To the Katipunan, he was
often referred to as Utak ng Katipunan. However, he wrote under the pseudonym Dimasailaw
when writing for the newspaper and he was more commonly referred to in the group as Pingkian.
Jacinto was also placed in charge of writing the guidebook for new members and current
members of the Katipunan, which was called Kartilya ng Katipunan.
 When the leader of the Katipunan passed away, Emilio continued to carry out the wishes
of Bonifacio. The Katipunan at this time had many factions and not all of them operated in the
same way in their efforts to gain their independence from Spain. As with his predecessor before
him, Jacinto refused to join with these factions who had different views. This included refusing
to join the Magdalo faction of the Katipunan under the leadership of Emilio Aguinaldo.

Emilio Jacinto died on April 16, 1899 at the age of 24. The cause of his death at such a young
age was malaria, which he had contracted while in Majayjay, Laguna. The remains of his body
were transferred from this location to Manila where he was laid to rest in Manila North
Cemetery. His name lives on in history for the Philippine people and he is known as the Brains
of the Katipunan.

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