PEDRO ALEJANDRO PATERNO

Early Life:Pedro A. Paterno was born in Manila on February 27, 1857.

13th child and the youngest son of Maximo Molo Paterno and Carmen de Vera Ignacio.

He belonged to a wealthy family.

He studied at Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he graduated in 1871. ( bachiller en Artes )

He went to Spain and studied at the University of Salamanca. ( philosophy and theology )

Then transferred to Central University of Madrid and finish his Law Degree in 1880.

Pedro Paterno as A Novelist :

He wrote the first Filipino Novel in 1885 and published on 1908.

The Novel is entitled NINAY.

Written as a response to the accusation that Filipinos possessed no distinct culture, Ninay was written in the tradition of costumbrismo, a movement in Spanish literature in the nineteenth century.

The Novel has 9 chapters Using the 9 day novena for the dead (pasiam).

" Justo Desiderio Magalang" his penname when he wrote NINAY.

Limbagan Nang La Republika Kiotan Bilang 30, 1908.

Pact Of Biak-na-Bato:

December 1897: Seated. L to R, Pedro Paterno, mediator of the Pact of Biyak-na-Bato, and General Emilio Aguinaldo. Standing, L to R, rebel leaders Isabelo Artacho, Baldomero Aguinaldo, Severino de las Alas, Antonio Montenegro and Vito Belarmino. (Paterno became one of the founders, and Montenegro a founding member, of the pro-American Partido Federal when it was organized on Dec. 23, 1900.)

Pedro Paterno is the mediator of pact of biak na bato.

Paterno helped in the negotiations of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 15, 1897 and later wrote a book about it.

The siging of the pact of biak na bato happened on december 14, 1897

Pedro A. Paterno as a Politician:

He served as the 2nd prime minister of the first Philippine republic in the middle of 1899, and served as head of the country's assembly, and the cabinet

May 7, 1899 – November 13, 1899

Member of the Philippine Assembly from Laguna’s 1st district.

October 16, 1907 – May 20, 1909

Pedro Paterno's Proclamation of War ( filipino – american ) June 2, 1899

Long live the Filipino sovereign people !! Long live national independence !! Long live the liberating army !! Long live Don Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the Republic !!

TRIVIA:BALIMBING??

BalimbingSTAR FRUIT

Pedro Paterno was the first filipino BALIMBING and the great father of all the balimbingPoliticains.( remember during spanish’ colonization Paterno is with the Spaniards And during The Americans’ Colonization he turned his back to the americans )

BALIMBING = PEDRO PATERNO??

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