3. Early Life:
Pedro A. Paterno was born in Manila on February 27, 1857.
13th child and the youngest son of Maximo Molo Paterno and
Carmen de Vera Ignacio.
He belonged to a wealthy family.
He studied at Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he graduated
in 1871. ( bachiller en Artes )
He went to Spain and studied at the University of Salamanca.
( philosophy and theology )
Then transferred to Central University of Madrid and finish his Law
Degree in 1880.
4. Pedro Paterno as A Novelist :
He wrote the first Filipino Novel in 1885 and
published on 1908.
The Novel is entitled NINAY.
Written as a response to the accusation that
Filipinos possessed no distinct culture, Ninay
was written in the tradition of
costumbrismo, a movement in Spanish
Limbagan Nang La Republika Kiotan Bilang 30, 1908.
literature in the nineteenth century.
The Novel has 9 chapters Using the 9 day novena for the dead (pasiam).
" Justo Desiderio Magalang" his penname when he wrote NINAY.
5. Pact Of Biak-na-Bato:
Pedro Paterno is the mediator of
pact of biak na bato.
The siging of the pact of biak na bato
happened on december 14, 1897
Paterno helped in the
negotiations of the Pact of
Biak-na-Bato on December
15, 1897 and later wrote a
book about it.
December 1897: Seated. L to R, Pedro Paterno, mediator of the Pact
of Biyak-na-Bato, and General Emilio Aguinaldo. Standing, L to R,
rebel leaders Isabelo Artacho, Baldomero Aguinaldo, Severino de las
Alas, Antonio Montenegro and Vito Belarmino. (Paterno became one
of the founders, and Montenegro a founding member, of the pro-
American Partido Federal when it was organized on Dec. 23, 1900.)
6. Pedro A. Paterno as a Politician:
He served as the 2nd prime minister of the first Philippine
republic in the middle of 1899, and served as head of the
country's assembly, and the cabinet
May 7, 1899 – November 13, 1899
Member of the Philippine Assembly from
Laguna’s 1st district.
October 16, 1907 – May 20, 1909
7. Pedro Paterno's Proclamation of War ( filipino –
american ) June 2, 1899
Long live the Filipino sovereign
people !!
Long live national independence
!!
Long live the liberating army !!
Long live Don Emilio
Aguinaldo, President of the
Republic !!
8. TRIVIA:
BALIMBING??
Balimbing
STAR FRUIT
BALIMBING = PEDRO PATERNO??
Pedro Paterno was the first filipino BALIMBING and the great father of all the
balimbingPoliticains.( remember during spanish’ colonization Paterno is with the
Spaniards And during The Americans’ Colonization he turned his back to the
americans )
