Mariano Gomez
Mariano Gómez y Guard (born August 2, 1799 in Manila , † February 17, 1872 in Manila) was a Filipino priest of the Roman Catholic Church who campaigned for reforms in the Spanish colony of the Philippines . He is considered a national hero of the Philippines.
Life
Gómez was born the son of Francisco Gómez and Martina Guard in Santa Cruz, now a district of Manila. He studied theology, first at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and later at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila . Ordained a priest at the age of 25, he served in Bacoor , Cavite Province . Gómez was considered an all-rounder: he not only looked after his community in pastoral and legal matters, but also taught new techniques in agriculture and house building. He also published articles critical of society in the newspaper La verdad (“The Truth”) and denounced abuses in the area of colonial administration and the monastic orders. This made him suspicious of the spiritual and secular rulers. He worked closely with Jacinto Zamora and Jose Burgos in the reform commission, with whom he went down in Filipino history as the GOMBURZA trio .
After he was arrested in January 1872 as a result of the Cavite uprising, he was charged with subversion. On February 6, he was found guilty and sentenced to death by the garrote . The execution took place on February 17, 1872 on the site of today's Rizal Park . It is known about his execution that he walked to the Garotte without hesitation. His last words were, “I know that not a single leaf moves without God the Creator. If he wants me to die here in this square, so be it. ”The death of the Gomburza trio outraged the Filipino public and later inspired the Illostrados movement and the propaganda movement of Filipino students in Europe that founded the league in 1892 Filipina , the Katipunan, and in 1896 the Philippine Revolution . José Rizal set a literary monument to Jacinto Zamora in his work El Filibusterismo ("The Riot").
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gomez, Mariano |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gómez y Guard, Mariano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manila |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1872 |
| Place of death | Manila |