AI Generated Flashcards: Recit Life of Jose Rizal
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Full name of Dr. Jose Rizal
Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda
Date and time of Jose Rizal’s birth
June 19, 1861, between eleven and midnight
Place of birth of Jose Rizal
Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
Date of Jose Rizal’s baptism
June 22, 1861
Name of the priest who baptized Rizal
Father Rufino Collantes
Name of Jose Rizal’s godfather
Father Pedro Casanas
Governor-General of the Philippines when Rizal was born
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery
Meaning of ‘Jose’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Named after St. Joseph, chosen by his mother
Meaning of ‘Protacio’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Taken from Gervacio P., a name from the Christian calendar
Meaning of ‘Mercado’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Adopted in 1731 by his great-great-grandfather Domingo Lamco; means ‘market’
Meaning of ‘Rizal’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Derived from ‘Ricial’ meaning a field where wheat grows again after being cut
Meaning of ‘Alonzo’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Old surname of his mother
Meaning of ‘Realonda’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Surname used by his mother, adopted from her godmother’s name
Rizal’s father’s full name
Don Francisco Mercado
Birthplace of Don Francisco Mercado
Biñan, Laguna
Rizal’s mother’s full name
Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda
Number of siblings of Jose Rizal
10 (He was the seventh of 11 children)
The oldest sibling of Jose Rizal
Saturnina Rizal
Rizal’s closest sibling and his mentor
Paciano Rizal
The youngest sibling of Jose Rizal
Soledad Rizal
Name of Rizal’s first sorrow
The death of his sister Concha at age 3
The first teacher of Jose Rizal
His mother, Doña Teodora Alonso
Title of Rizal’s first poem
Sa Aking Mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children)
