![]() ![]() ![]() “I am a native of Barrio Liptong in Bacong, Oriental Negros. But like many, who died not in the hands of the real enemy, my death was authored by political treachery. ![]() At best, I was a young man wanting and fighting for freedom. “My short life (he only lived till 25) revealed a dramatic account of the events that led to the downfall of Spanish control in Cebu. “Before I became a revolutionary in 1896, I - Leon Kilat - was a circus worker, a salamangkero (magician), in Manila. His tragic but very significant story went a little something like this: This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).CEBU, Philippines - It has been said that one would not be able to fully appreciate Cebu history without knowing Pantaleon Villegas, more popularly known as Leon Kilat - the man who figured prominently in the Tres de Abril uprising. Cebu streets keep revolution alive, Dec.There is a commemorative monument built for Leon Kilat for the 3-day capture of Cebu City. ![]() Today, Cebu City’s Leon Kilat Street is the site of the University of San Jose-Recoletos, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, two malls and the building of the Government Service Insurance System office. However, some of his generals, like General Maxilom, managed to capture some towns in the province such as Toledo and Balamban. The rebels then withdrew out of the city few weeks after he died. Leon Kilat and the Katipuneros drove back the Spaniards to Fort San Pedro and took control of Cebu City in three days time.įive days after the Battle of Tres de Abril, on April 8, 1898, Good Friday, Leon Kilat was stabbed to death by his aide-de-camp, Apolinario Alcuitas, in Carcar, Cebu. On March 11, 1898, in Pacaña’s sugarcane field in Barangay Labangon, Leon Kilat and the Cebuano Katipuneros agreed to take up arms against the Spaniards, beginning the revolt in Cebu.Īpril 1, 1898, after the Spaniards discovered Kilat's intent in attacking on Good Friday, the Katipuneros, numbering 6,000 and armed with bolos and a few guns, fought them instead on Palm Sunday, April 3, 1898, in what is now known as the Battle of Tres de Abril. He enlisted a considerable number of Cebuanos willing to drive out the Spanish government in their province, once and for all. He arrived in Cebu City in early 1898, carrying a letter from Katipuneros in Luzon who designated him as leader of the Katipunan revolutionary movement in Cebu. Leon Kilat (real name Pantaleon Villegas), a native of Bacong, Negros Oriental, came from Luzon in a circus run by Katipuneros, and enlisted himself to the Katipunan revolutionary movement. ![]()
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