BY: KEREN CHELSEA L. GUEVARA
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The thirteen martyrs are the heroes of Cavite City, among dozens of prominent Cavite men who were rounded up and incarcerated in August 1896. Tension was tight in the capital of Manila and in Cavite province during this time.
The thirteen faced a four-hour trial, and were then found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. They were executed by musketry the following day, in Plaza de las Armas outside Fort San Felipe.
THE 13 MARTYRS
The 13 martyrs are Aguado (a Chinese mestizo said to be the richest man in Cavite), Eugenio Cabezas (goldsmith and owner of a jewelry-watch repair shop), Feliciano Cabuco (born to a wealthy family, worked in a hospital), Agapito Conchu (schoolteacher), De Ocampo (a Spanish mestizo, assistant provincial jail warden), Maximo Gregorio (chief clerk of the Commissary of War), Inocencio (a wealthy businessman), Jose Lallana (a tailor whose shop was used by the Katipunan as a meeting place), Lapidario (warden of the provincial jail), Victoriano Luciano III (a pharmacist recognized for his formulas of rare perfumes and lotions), Francisco Osorio (scion of a wealthy family), Hugo Perez (a physician) and Antonio San Agustin (another scion of a wealthy family).
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