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Andrs Bonifacio y de Castro(30 November
1863 10 May 1897) was aFilipino
nationalist,revolutionaryan lawyer! "e is o#ten
$alle %t&e 'reat plebeian,% %#at&er o# t&e
&ilippine evolution,% an %#at&er o# t&e
*atipunan!% "e was a #ouner an
later Supremo(%supreme leaer%) o#
t&eKatipunanmovement w&i$& sou'&t
t&einepenen$e o# t&e&ilippines#rom +panis&
$olonial rulean starte t&e&ilippine
evolution!-.
3.
"e is $onsiere a de
factonational &eroo# t&e &ilippines,/.an is
also $onsiere by some Filipino &istorians to be
t&e #irst resient, but &e is not o##i$ially
re$o'nieas su$&!
Early life and family background
oni#a$io was t&e son o# +antia'o oni#a$io an
2atalina e 2astro in ono, Manila, an was t&e
elest o# #ive $&ilren!7."is #at&er was a tailor
w&o serve as a tenyente mayoro# ono, Manila, w&ile
&is mot&er was a mestia born o# a +panis& #at&er
an
a Filipino42&inese mot&er w&o wor5e at a $i'arette
#a$tory! s was $ustom, upon baptism &e was name #or
t&e saint on w&ose #east &e was born,nrew t&e
postle!
oni#a$ios normal s$&oolin' was $ut s&ort w&en &e
roppe out to support &is siblin's a#ter bot& t&eir
parents ie o# illness! "e sol $anes an paper #ans &e mae
&imsel# an mae posters #or business #irms! n
&is late teens, &e wor5e as a mandatory#or t&e
ritis& train' #irmFlemin' an 2ompany, w&ere &e rose
to
be$ome a corregidoro# tar,rattantan ot&er 'oos! "e later
trans#erre to Fressell an 2ompany, a erman
train' #irm, w&ere &e wor5e as a
bodeguero(store&ouse wor5er)! oni#a$io was also a part4time
a$tor w&o
per#orme in moro-moroplays!
Not #inis&in' &is normal eu$ation, oni#a$io was
sel#4eu$ate! "e rea boo5s about t&e Fren$&
evolution, bio'rap&ies o# t&eresients o# t&e :nite
+tates,boo5s about $ontemporary &ilippine penal an
$ivil $oes, an novels su$& as ;i$tor "u'osLes Misrables,
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n estern 2&ristianity, All Souls' Dayis
observe prin$ipally in t&e 2at&oli$
2&ur$&,alt&ou'& some $&ur$&es
o# n'li$an 2ommunionan t&e Bl
2at&oli$ 2&ur$&esalso $elebrate it!
&eesus restin' in t&e"oly +epul$&reon t&at ay! n
t&eMet&oist 2&ur$&, saintsre#er
to all2&ristiansan t&ere#ore, on ll +aints Gay,
t&e2&ur$& :niversal, as well as t&e e$ease members
o#
alo$al $on're'ation are &onoure an remembere!-.3.
&e #east o# ll +aints a$&ieve 'reat prominen$e in
t&e nint& $entury, in t&e rei'n o# t&eyantine
