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Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine*
Location:
Batac, Ilocos Norte (Region I)
Category:
Sites/Events
Type: Site, Memorial
Status: Level I- National Shrine
Legal Basis:
R.A. 5648, s. 1969
Marker Date:
1949
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
BIRTHPLACE OF GREGORIO AGLIPAY
SITE WHERE ARCHBISHOP GREGORIO AGLIPAY, SOLDIER, RELIGIOUS REFORMER AND PATRIOT, WAS BORN, 8 MAY 1860. SON OF PEDRO AGLIPAY AND VICTORIA LABAYAN. ORDAINED CATHOLIC PRIEST, 1889; FIRST MILITARY CHAPLAIN OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION, 1896; MEMBER OF THE MALOLOS CONGRESS AND VICAR GENERAL OF THE REVOLUTION, 1898; AND FOUNDER OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT CHURCH, 1902. DIED 1 SEPTEMBER 1940.
