Gen pantaleon villegas biography

I have been using Leon Kilat as online identity for years now. I started using the pseudonym in but I have been fascinated by the story of Leon Kilat since , when I was still with The Independent Post.

The Post put out a special edition for Independence Day &#; the centennial of Philippine Independence. The special edition, which took weeks in planning and research, was a contemporary account of the revolution in Cebu &#; as if The Independent Post was there to cover the events. The issue even carried ads and photos of scenes and people of that time.

It was during my research on events that I found accounts on the life of Pantaleon &#;Leon Kilat&#; Villegas, the leader of the revolution here in Cebu.

The most comprehensive account on the activities of Leon Kilat is the website Leon Kilat and the Cebu Revolt by former The Freeman editor Emil Justimbaste. The site, however, is now offline.

Most of the information in this post came from Justimbaste&#;s site and from an old article in Weekend.

Leon Kilat was born in Bacon, Negros Oriental on July 27, He went to Cebu and worked for a drug store and later a bakery. He later joined a circus owned by Tagalogs, and among them was a katipunero.

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dbo:wikiPageLeng • León Kilat Filipino revolutionary leader () In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villegas and the second or maternal family name is Soldevillo. Pantaleón Villegas A statue of Villegas in Rizal Park, Luneta Born ()July 27, Bacong, Negros Oriental, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire Died April 8, () (aged&#;24) Carcar, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire Nationality Negrense Other&#;names Eulogio Villegas, León Kilat Citizenship Philippine Organization KatipunanFreemasonry Lieutenant-General EulogioPantaleón Villegas y Soldevillo (July 27, – April 8, ), better known by his nom-de-guerreLeón Kilat (literally 'Lightning Lion' in Cebuano), was a Filipino revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. Biography [edit] Early life [edit] Eulogio Pantaleón Villegas y Soldevillo was born on the 27th of July, in Bacong, Negros Oriental to Don Policarpio Vergara Villegas, the son of Don Pedro Villegas (a Spanish sugar baron who settled in the town of Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental), and Doña Úrsula Soldevillo, the daughter of a wealthy capitan of Bacong. He was the third of the four siblings; Irinea (the eldest),