León Kilat

León Kilat

Infobox revolution biography
name= Pantaleón Villegas
dateofbirth= birth date|1873|7|27
dateofdeath= death date and age|1898|4|8|1873|7|27
placeofbirth= Bacong, Negros Oriental, Philippines
placeofdeath= Carcar, Cebu, Philippines


caption=
alternate name=León Kilat
organizations= Katipunan Pantaleón Villegas (July 27, 1873 - April 8, 1898), better known as León Kilat (Cebuano, "León of the Lightning"), was a revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against Spain.

Kilat was a native of the neighboring island of Negros, having been born in Bacong, Negros Oriental. He had worked as an errand boy for a pharmacy, a horse trainer and was a member of a circus troupe. [cite web | last = | first = | title =The Legend of Leon Kilat | url=http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/profile/leonkilat.htm | accessdate = 2007-08-13] During the rebellion against Spain, Kilat led the revolutionaries in Cebu. Initially intending to begin the rebellion on Easter Sunday, he was forced to change his plans when the Spaniards discovered the planned revolt. Kilat and his men began the rebellion in Cebu on Palm Sunday, April 3, 1898. He was, however, betrayed and murdered on Good Friday , April 8, 1898, in Carcar, Cebu. He was stabbed to death by his own aide-de-camp, Apolinario Alcuitas. [cite web | last = | first = | title =Western Visayas:Pantaleon Villegas | url=http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/hero/wv/page8.html | accessdate = 2007-08-13]

The town of Bacong in Negros Oriental has honored Villegas with a statue erected in the town plaza in 1926. On July 27, 2008, the 135th anniversary of Villegas' birth, the Philippine National Historical Institute turned over a historical marker in honor of Villegas to local and provincial officials in his hometown. [cite news | last =Pal | first =Alex | title =Bacong remembers Leon Kilat's heroism | pages =18 | publisher =The Visayan Daily Star | date = 2008-08-04]

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/lkilat/ The untold story of Leon Kilat and Cebu's Revolution in 1898]


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