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Rizal’s Women in Life
Segunda Katigbak
Segunda Catigbac y Solís was born in Lipa, Batangas in the year 1863 (date unknown) to Don Norberto Catigbac y Calao(gobernadorcillo de Lipa, 1862-1863) and Doña JustaSolís y Luz. She was the second child in a family of 8— Mariano(Capitan Municipal 1896-1897), Maria Carmina, Maria Ynes (Augustinian Nun), JustaYsabel, Norberto Jr., Mauricio, and Jose Ma. Isabelo.
With the second marriage of her father to Doña Macaria Mendoza y Latorre in 1879, Segunda had 11 other siblings—Leon (Presidente Municipal, 1916-1922), Candida, Justa, Bartolome, Emillano, Manuel Guillermo, Rufa Andrea, Maria Crisfina, Jose Primitivo, Maria Josefina, and Maria Sinforosa.
The Catigbacs (later Filipinized to Katigbak) were among the leading families and whose ancestry was among the oldest known in the town of Lipa. The family of Segunda was enormously awash in cash and very genteel for they had engaged in the flourishing coffee business during the 1880’s. It was recorded that Lipa had an annual income of P4,000,000.00 from the coffee industry alone.
Its Calle Real was filled with high-end stores and the people’s customs and social manners were all Hispanic in many ways. With this preeminence, the Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain bestowed the title of Villa to Lipa in 1887. Along with the proclamation, Segunda’s father, Don Norberto, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Reina Isabel La Catolica, a reward given to a citizen or a foreigner in recognition for his exceptional services that benefited the Spanish kingdom and its territories.
Rizal was very ecstatic of Segunda and though they had brief encounters, there was already an understanding of their feelings for each other: “En verdadquedurantenuestraconversacion, nuestrosojosencontraban y miradasintensisimasllena de unaexpresionamantemente melancholia venian de encadenar mi alma parasiempre.” (It is true that during the conversations our eyes met, and the most intense glances full of
Segunda Katigbak
Segunda Catigbac y Solís was born in Lipa, Batangas in the year 1863 (date unknown) to Don Norberto Catigbac y Calao(gobernadorcillo de Lipa, 1862-1863) and Doña JustaSolís y Luz. She was the second child in a family of 8— Mariano(Capitan Municipal 1896-1897), Maria Carmina, Maria Ynes (Augustinian Nun), JustaYsabel, Norberto Jr., Mauricio, and Jose Ma. Isabelo.
With the second marriage of her father to Doña Macaria Mendoza y Latorre in 1879, Segunda had 11 other siblings—Leon (Presidente Municipal, 1916-1922), Candida, Justa, Bartolome, Emillano, Manuel Guillermo, Rufa Andrea, Maria Crisfina, Jose Primitivo, Maria Josefina, and Maria Sinforosa.
The Catigbacs (later Filipinized to Katigbak) were among the leading families and whose ancestry was among the oldest known in the town of Lipa. The family of Segunda was enormously awash in cash and very genteel for they had engaged in the flourishing coffee business during the 1880’s. It was recorded that Lipa had an annual income of P4,000,000.00 from the coffee industry alone.
Its Calle Real was filled with high-end stores and the people’s customs and social manners were all Hispanic in many ways. With this preeminence, the Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain bestowed the title of Villa to Lipa in 1887. Along with the proclamation, Segunda’s father, Don Norberto, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Reina Isabel La Catolica, a reward given to a citizen or a foreigner in recognition for his exceptional services that benefited the Spanish kingdom and its territories.
Rizal was very ecstatic of Segunda and though they had brief encounters, there was already an understanding of their feelings for each other: “En verdadquedurantenuestraconversacion, nuestrosojosencontraban y miradasintensisimasllena de unaexpresionamantemente melancholia venian de encadenar mi alma parasiempre.” (It is true that during the conversations our eyes met, and the most intense glances full of
References: Zaide, G &Zaide, S, 2011; “Jose Rizal: Life, Works and Writings of a Genius, writer, Scientist and National Hero” All-National Publishing Co., Inc.