Paciano Rizal

Infobox revolution biography
dateofbirth= March 7, 1851
placeofbirth= Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
dateofdeath= Death date and age|1930|04|13|1851|03|07
placeofdeath= Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines


caption= A photo of Paciano Rizal
name=Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
alternate name=Paciano Rizal Mercado
Paciano R. Mercado
Paciano M. Rizal
Paciano Rizal
movement=
organizations= Katipunan
Philippine Revolutionary Army
monuments=
prizes=
influences=José Burgos
influenced=José Rizal
footnotes= General Paciano Rizal (full name: Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (March 7, 1851 – April 13, 1930) was a Filipino general, and the older brother of Dr. José Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines.

Rizal was the second of eleven children born to a middle-class family in the town of Calamba, Laguna, and grew up witnessing the suffering of his countrymen under the Spanish colonial government. Father José Burgos, a close friend of Rizal, was implicated in the Cavite Mutiny of 1872 and summarily executed. Paciano Rizal joined and actively supported the campaign for reforms, started by Marcelo H. del Pilar and his newspaper, "Diariong Tagalog". He also helped spread the Katipunan in Laguna. In January of 1897, after his brother’s execution, Rizal joined General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite. He was appointed brigadier general of the revolutionary forces, and was elected Secretary of Finance in the Departmental Government of Central Luzon. During the Philippine-American War (1899-1913), he commanded the Filipino forces in Laguna. U.S. troops captured him in 1900. [Citation
url=http://alonzo.ourfamily.com/page14.html
title=Noble Alonzos
author=Alonzo Family
accessdate=2008-07-04] He was released soon after, and he settled in the town of Los Baños, near Calamba. He lived a quiet life as a gentleman farmer, and died of tuberculosis at the age of 79. [Citation
url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/03/07/OPED2007030788834.html
title=General Paciano M. Rizal 156th Birth Anniversary
publisher=Manila Bulletin Online
accessdate=2008-07-04] [Citation
url=http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/rizal.html
title=A Rizal in Los Baños
author=Smbea Mabelle
series= [http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/ "Wired!" Philippines]
publisher=msc.edu.ph
accessdate=2008-07-04]

He was portrayed by actor Pen Medina, in the 1998 film, "José Rizal".

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