14 Facts About Aurelio Tolentino

Aurelio Tolentino y Valenzuela was a Kapampangan playwright, poet, journalist, and revolutionary.

Aurelio Tolentino was arrested twice, first by the Spaniards and later by American forces.

Aurelio Tolentino wrote and directed the anti-imperialist play Napun, Ngeni at Bukas, which led to his arrest in 1903.

Aurelio Tolentino received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and read law at the University of Santo Tomas.

Later in his life, Aurelio Tolentino moved to Tondo, Manila, where he became a court desk official.

Aurelio Tolentino accompanied Bonifacio in their search for a secret headquarters in the mountains of Morong province in preparation for the start of the Philippine Revolution.

Aurelio Tolentino was arrested shortly after the start of the war and was detained for nine months.

Aurelio Tolentino took part in the revolutionary campaigns of Gen.

Aurelio Tolentino continued to support the cause for Philippine sovereignty and became one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence in Kawit, Cavite, in 1898.

When Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States, Aurelio Tolentino formed Junta de Amigos, a secret organization composed of former Katipuneros to fight for independence from the Americans.

Aurelio Tolentino edited several anti-US newspapers in Tagalog and Kapampangan, some of which were closed down by the American authorities.

Aurelio Tolentino was pardoned in 1912 by Governor General W Cameron Forbes partly due to pressure from Washington.

Aurelio Tolentino founded the first worker's cooperative in the Philippines, Samahang Hanapbuhay ng Mahihirap, as well as El Parnaso Filipino, a school for the promotion of Tagalog literature.

Aurelio Tolentino's remains were transferred to his hometown in Guagua in 1921, where it is interred under a commemorative monument.