By Bohol Provincial Library via FB
#OnThisDay December 29, 1896, at 7:00 A. M. Jose Rizal is notified of his death sentence and execution. After learning his fate through official document, he is led to the chapel-cell of Fort Santiago, where he spent his last 24 hours.
Priest after priest visited him, some of whom were Rizal’s professors, his counsel, Lt. Taviel de Andrade also visited him. Later, Rizal excused himself to write letters to Paciano, Josephine, and his Austrian friend, Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt and gave them to Special Judge Advocate Captain Rafael Dominguez for transmittal.
Rizal’s letter to Ferdinand Blumentritt:
“My dear Brother, When you receive this letter, I shall be dead by then. Tomorrow at seven, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience. Adieu, my best, my dearest friend, and never think ill of me! Fort Santiago, 29 December 1896 José Rizal Regards to the whole family, to Sra. Rosa, Loleng, Conradito, and Federico. I leave a book for you as my remembrance.”
Rizal’s mother, Teodora Alonzo paid her final visit to Jose Rizal. She was accompanied by her daughter, Trinidad Mercado. Rizal’s sisters were also allowed to pay him visits. He gave them his possessions:
Narcisa – Wicker Chair
Angelica, niece – Handkerchief
Mauricio, nephew – Belt, watch, and chain
Trinidad – Alcohol Burner with Mi Ultimo Adios
In between all these times, the Jesuit priests kept returning to take up religious question again and again. Finally, at around 11:30 P.M., Rizal signed his retraction from masonry, in the presence of Frs. Vicente Balaguer, Jose Vilaclara, and Estanislao March, as attested to by Spanish officers and three door guards
- [Jesuit Priests Version; Those who affirm the authenticity of Rizal's retraction are prominent Philippine historians such as Nick Joaquin, Nicolas Zafra, León María Guerrero III, Gregorio Zaide, Guillermo Gómez Rivera, John Schumacher et al.] … [Members of the Masonry raised objections against the authenticity of Rizal’s masonry retraction; the debate has persisted whether Rizal’s retraction is authentic].
My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios in Spanish) was the last poem that Jose Rizal wrote. It had no title when Rizal finished writing it. It was Mariano Ponce, his friend, who gave the title to this poem.
Sources:
1. malacanang.gov.ph, “Last days of Rizal and his burial”
2. Presidential Museum and Library PH
- Manuel D. Duldulao, “A Century of Philippine Legislature” 2007, Experience Philippines, Quezon City, Vol. I, p. 14
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