Narcisa mercado siblings
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NARCISA RIZAL: The Hospitable Sister of the Hero
Narcisa Rizal (1852-1939) or simply ‘Sisa’ was the third child in the family. Like Saturnina, Narcisa helped in financing Rizal’s studies in Europe, even pawning her jewelry and peddling her clothes if needed. It is said she could recite from memory almost all of the poems of the national hero.
Narcisa was perhaps the most hospitable among the siblings. When Don Francisco and Doña Teodora were driven out of their house in Calamba, Narcisa took them in her house. It was with Narcisa also that Josephine Bracken once stayed, when the rest of Rizal's family were suspicious that Rizal’s girlfriend was a spy for the Spanish friars. In August 1896, while being kept under arrest aboard the cruiser Castilla anhored off Cavite, Rizal thanked Narcisa, in a letter, for her hospitality in letting Josephine stay in her home.
It was also Narcisa who painstakingly searched for the place where the authorities secretly buried the dead Rizal. She found freshly turned earth at the Paco cemetery where a body had been buried without a box of any k
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Rizal had nine (9) sisters namely, Saturnina, Narcisa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria, Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad, and Soledad.
Jose Rizal belonged to a big family of thirteen (including his parents). He had one brother, Paciano, and nine sisters. Aside from Rizal’s sweethearts, let’s get to know the important women in his life.
Saturnina Rizal (1850-1913)
Saturnina was the eldest child of Francisco Mercado II and Teodora Alonso Realonda. She was married to Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas. It was Doña Saturnina who published Pascual Poblete’s translation in Tagalog language of the Noli Me Tangere in 1909.
Narcisa Rizal (1852-1939)
Narcisa is the third child and was married to Antonio Lopez, a teacher and musician from Morong, Rizal. Like a doting sister, Narcisa was very close to Rizal and could recite all of Rizal’s poems from memory.
Olympia Rizal (1855-1887)
Olympia was married to Silvestre Ubaldo, who was a telegraph operator from Manila. Olympia unfortunately died in 1887 from childbirth.
Lucia Rizal (1857-1919)
Lucia was the fifth child and
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When Doña Narcisa Rizal was born on 29 October 1852, in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines, her father, Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado, was 34 and her mother, Teodora Alonso Realonda, was 24. She married Antonino Manapat Lopez on 6 June 1875, in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 June 1939, in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines, at the age of 86, and was buried in Manila North Cemetery, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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