Dr. Maximo Viola 1857–1933
Location:
Cagayan Valley Road cor. Viola Street, San Miguel, Bulacan
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date:
October 17, 1962
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
DR. MAXIMO VIOLA
1857–1933
HERE IN BARRIO STA. RITA, SAN MIGUEL, BULACAN, WAS BORN MAXIMO VIOLA, FRIEND AND TRAVELING COMPANION IN EUROPE OF JOSE RIZAL, WHO ADVANTED THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE PRINTING OF RIZAL’S NOVEL NOLI ME TANGERE.
DR. VIOLA AND DR. RIZAL TOURED EUROPE TOGETHER, MAY–JUNE, 1887, VISITING VARIOUS CITIES IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY AND SWITZERLAND. ONE OF THE PLACES THEY VISITED WAS LEITMERITZ, AUSTRIA, HOMETOWN OF PROFESSOR FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT.
