Talambuhay ni pantaleon villegas biography

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Leon was eventually entered as a member of the “Consejo Secreta”, or secret society, where magic is taught, among other esoteric talents and skills.

Leon Kilat was awed by the Tagalogs’ bravery and skills, illustrated in the KKK operations in San Roque, Cavite, and the attack in Binondo, and the melee in Malolos.

It was him who inspired into action the KKK of Cebu.

The members of KKK Cebu were Teopisto Cavan, Prisco Abreu, who recruited judge Candido Padilla, Ando Climaco, Jacinto Pacaña, Cabeza Francisco Llamas, Atilano Lopez, Eugenio Ginez, Luis Flores, and Alejo Minoza.

With the help of a Tagalog Katipunero, who was dispatched to Cebu, a local chapter was formed in Cebu City in June 1897, participated mostly by the workers of San Nicolas.

But the insurgents were gaining ground.

Walang gaanong ulat hinggil sa kaniyang búhay. Escaping from his cell, he joined the revolutionary camp in Cavite after becoming known to Emilio Aguinaldo who was so impressed by his bearing that he was immediately designated to lead the uprising in the Visayan Islands.

It was in connection with the execution of his assigned task that he returned to Cebu in the last quarter of 1897.

Isinilang siya sa isang angkang magsasaka noong 27 Hulyo 1873 sa Bacong, Negros Oriental kina Policarpio Villegas at Ursula Soldi. and expected to be attended by town officials of Bacong, headed by Mayor Lenin Alviola, DepEd elementary and secondary schools heads, personnel of the Bacong Municipal Police Station, ACOP, Bureau of Fire Protection, and relatives of Leon Kilat.

The mass will be followed by a floral offering at the shrine of General Pantaleon Villegas at the town plaza.

It was at that time, that he adopted the name Leon Kilat. He was particularly known for his participation in the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The leaders had their rendezvous and meetings in the house of Uy Ma Yan, a wealthy Chinese merchant who was doing business at Labangon in the municipality of San Nicolas, very close to Cebu.

It appears that the leaders did not pay any attention to the peace talks being negotiated in Luzon, or they were not aware of such negotiations, for even after the signing of the Pact of Biyak-na-bato and the Revolutionary leaders had exiled themselves in accordance with the terms of the agreement, the planners in Cebu continued with their program of action.

Pagsapit ng Abril 6 ay unti-unti nang nakapasok ang mga manghihimagsik sa lungsod bagama’t naghihirap lusubin ang kuta. It was situated in the corner of Calle del Palacio (presently, Burgos Street) and Calle Legaspi, and was considered the best pharmacy in Cebu.

Leon, however, did not stay long at the Botica Antigua as he transferred to a bakery owned by Pascuala in Pahina.

Shortly after midnight, the guards of Kilat, fast asleep due to fatigue, were awakened by loud screams as their leader was being treacherously murdered by enemies after he was given a friendly and warm reception a few hours before. They were the children of Doña Ursula Soldi and Don Policarpo Villegas, a son of sugar baron, Don Pedro Villegas, a pure Spanish, who settled in the hacienda town of Vallehermoso in Negros Oriental.

They became orphans when they were young and Pantaleon became a sacristan at the St.

Augustine de Hippo Parish Church, but eventually left Bacong for Cebu.

He worked in a pharmacy initially called “Dispensario Cebuano” then later named “Botica Alemana”, and lastly as “Botica Antigua”. Nag-umpisa ang pag-aalsa noong 1 Abril 1898, araw ng Biyernes, nang salakayin ng mga manghihimagsik ang garisong Español sa bayan ng Talisay. But this official suspected him to be a spy.

He had three siblings – the eldest was Irinea, followed by Silvestra, and Julian, the youngest after Pantaleon. The date agreed upon to start hostilities was on Good Friday, upon the proposal of Catalino Hernandez, the precise moment to be signaled by a rocket. There was no good reason for allowing his guards to be withdrawn.

The following morning three other companions were shot.

Pantaleon Villegas ang kaniyang tunay na pangalan ngunit binansagan siyáng “Leon Kilat” (ibig sabihin ay “mabangis at mabilis” bilang leon at kidlat) dahil sa kaniyang katapangan. Noon pa mang Pebrero ng taóng iyon ay nagtatag na ng kilusang rebolusyonaryo ang mga Sebwano kaugnay ng Himagsikang Filipino.