Jesus, Gregoria de (1875–1943)

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Jesus, Gregoria de (1875–1943)

Filipino hero. Name variations: Lakambini. Born May 15, 1875, in Kalookan, Philippines; died Mar 15, 1943; dau. of Nicholas de Jesus (carpenter) and Baltazara Alvarez Francisco; m. Andres Bonifacio (founder of Katipunan & leader of the 19th-century revolution against Spain), 1894 (shot by the Spanish, May 10, 1897); m. Julia Nakpil.

With others, formed the women's chapter of the revolutionary Katipunan (1894) which fought in the uprising for Philippine independence from Spain; made custodian of the Katipunan seal and of the society's valuable papers; to escape capture, often crossed provinces on foot; was caught, tried for sedition by the Spanish, and condemned to death (1897); sentence was commuted to exile, but husband was killed anyway; lived in the mountains of Pasig, where she met Julia Nakpil.

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