Rizal arrived in Dapitan in 1892 after being exiled there by the Spanish authorities. He lived a productive life in Dapitan, practicing medicine, teaching local children, and undertaking community development projects that improved the lives of residents. He also continued his writing, producing poems that described his experiences. While in Dapitan, he fell in love with Josephine Bracken but was unable to marry her due to opposition from her guardian. He was later visited by revolutionaries seeking his support for an uprising, but Rizal advised that the Philippines was not ready for revolution.

1. RRiizzaall EExxiilleedd iinn DDaappiittaann

2. Dapitan during the Arrival of Rizal
• .

3. DDaappiittaann
• This place had long been a politico-military
outpost of the Spaniards in the Philippines.
• One of the forefronts of Spanish culture,
religion, and civilization in Muslim Mindanao
• Headed by a politico-military commander and
with a parish priest, tasked with the
conversion of the island into Catholicism.

4. CCeebbuu
• Rizal arrived at Dapitan on July 17, 1892, on
board the steamer Cebu.
• The steamer carried a letter from Father Pablo
Pastells, superior of the Jesuit Society in the
Philippines, to Father Antonio Obach, Jesuit
parish priest of Dapitan.
• The letter states that Rizal could live in the parish
once he retracted all his statements against the
Spanish rule.
• Rizal objected

5. Ricardo Carnicero
• The politico military commander of Dapitan
• Where Rizal lived during his first few days in
Dapitan.
• Was able to know that Rizal was not a
common criminal, much less a filibustero
• A Don Ricardo Carnicero – a poem written by
Rizal on the occasion of the captain’s birthday.

6. RRiizzaall wwiinnss iinn MMaanniillaa LLootttteerryy
• Butuan – a mail boat that brought the happy tidings
that the Lottery Ticket No. 9736 jointly owned by Rizal,
Captain Carnicero and Francisco Equilior (Spanish
resident of Dipolog) won the second prize of
P20,000.00 in the government owned Manila Lottery.
• P6,200.00 – Rizal’s share
– P2,000.00 given to his father
– P200.00 given to his friend Jose Ma. Basa in Hong Kong
– The rest he invested purchasing agricultural lands along
the coast of Talisay, about one kilometer away from
Dapitan.

7. Rizal and Pastells Debate on Religion
• Superior of the Society
of JEsus

8. • In all his letters to Father Pastells, Rizal reveled
his anti-Catholic ideas which he had acquired in
Europe and embitterment at his persecution by
the bad friars.
• Father Pastells tried his best to win back Rizal to
the fold of Catholicism.
– Gave Rizal a copy of the Imitation of Christ, a famous
Catholic book by Father Thomas a Kempis
– Rizal gave him a bust of St. Paul which he had made.

9. RRiizzaall CChhaalllleennggeess aa FFrreenncchhmmaann ttoo aa
DDuueell
• Juan Lardet – a French businessman purchased
many logs from the lands of Rizal, it so happened
that some of the logs were of poor quality.
– He expressed his disgust to a friend who informed
Rizal what transpired and the latter challenged the
French man into a duel
• Captain Carnicero – told the Frenchman to
apologize rather than accept the challenge.
– The Frenchman apologize for his insulting comment

10. FFrr.. FFrraanncciissccoo ddee PPaauullaa SSaanncchheezz
• Rizal’s favorite teacher
one of the three Jesuits
instructed to persuade
Rizal to discard his
errors of religion.
• The only Spanish priest
to defend Rizal’s Noli
Me Tangere in public.

11. • He assisted Rizal in beautifying the town plaza.
• On his birthday, Rizal gave him a manuscript
entitled, Studies on the Tagalog Language – a
Tagalog grammar which Rizal wrote and which he
dedicated to his beloved former teacher.
• Father Jose Vilaclara – friar curate of Dipolog
• Father Antonio Obach – friar curate of Dapitan
– Were also instructed by Father Pastells to persuade
Rizal.

12. RRiizzaall’’ss LLiiffee iinn DDaappiittaann
• Rizal was visited by his
relatives in Dapitan
• He built his house by
the seashore of Talisay
• He has three houses in
Dapitan
• Taught arithmetic to
young boys
• Have fruit trees and
domesticated anmals

13. RRiizzaall aanndd aa FFrriiaarr SSppyy
• Florencio Namanan – assumed name of Pablo
Mercado and posing as a relative secretly
visited Rizal at his house.
– He introduced himself as a friend and relative
showing a photo of Rizal and a pair of buttons
with initials PM as evidence of his kinship with the
Rizal family.
– Offered his services as a confidential courier of
Rizal’s letters and writing for the patriots in
Manila.

14. Florencio Namanan
• Later Rizal learned that the man was still in
Dapitan, telling people that he was a beloved
relative of Dr. Rizal. Loosing his temper, he
went to Captain Juan Sitges (succeeded
Captain Carnicero)
• He was hired by the Recollect friars to a secret
mission in Dapitan

15. RRiizzaall aa PPhhyyssiicciiaann iinn DDaappiittaann
• Most of his patients were poor so he offered
his services for free.
• Some of them gave him fruits, vegetables and
fish as their payment.
• He operated his mother in August of 1893.
• He operated Don Ignacio Tumarong and paid
him P3,000.00
• Don Francisco Azacarraga paid him P500.00

16. WWaatteerr SSyysstteemm ffoorr DDaappiittaann
• Rizal held the title
expert surveyor while
he was in Ateneo.
• In Dapitan, he applied
his knowledge of
engineering by
constructing a system
of waterworks in order
to furnish clean water
to the people.

17. CCoommmmuunniittyy PPrroojjeeccttss ffoorr DDaappiittaann
• 1. Drained the swamps in order to get rid of
malaria that infested Dapitan.
• 2. P500.00 payment of an English patient was
used to equip the town with its lighting system,
consisted of coconut oil lamps placed in the dark
streets of Dapitan.
• 3. beautification of Dapitan – he remodeled the
town plaza with the help of Fr. Sanchez
– They made a huge relief map of Mindanao out of
earth stones and grass.

18. TTeeaacchheerr JJoossee
• The school started with three pupils and in the
course of time the enrolment increased to 16 and
later 21.
• Instead of charging them with tuition fees, he
made them work in his garden, fields, and
construction projects in the community.
• Rizal taught them reading, writing languages
(Spanish and English), geography, history,
mathematics (arithmetic and geometry),
industrial work, nature study, morals and
gymnastics.

19. • Formal classes were conducted between 2:00
pm and 4:00 pm

20. RRiizzaall’’ss CCoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn ttoo SScciieennccee
• Rizal built up a rich
collection of concology
which consisted of 346
shells representing 203
species.
• Draco Rizali – flying
dragon
• Apogonia Rizali – a small
beetle
• Rhacophorus Rizali – a
rare frog

21. LLiitteerraarryy WWoorrkkss aatt DDaappiittaann
• Two important literary works of Rizal
produced, as an exile were the poems:
– Hymn to Talisay – intended to be a college song
for the pupils he was teaching in Talisay
• This poem was used against him at his trial
– My Retreat – this poem portrays Rizal’s serene life
in his place of rustication.
• He wrote the poem in response to his mother’s request
that Rizal should revive his interest in poetry writing.

22. – The Song of the Traveler – a heart-warming poem
written by Rizal when he was granted freedom to
travel in Europe and work in Cuba as a physician.

23. JJoosseepphhiinnee BBrraacckkeenn
• An Irish girl of sweet
eighteen, slender, a
chestnut blond, with blue
eyes
• Was born in Hong Kong
• of Irish parents James
Bracken and Elizabeth
Jane MacBride
• Her mother died of
childbirth and she was
adopted by George
Taufer who became blind

24. Josephine Bracken and Rizal
• No ophthalmic surgeon could cure Mr. Taufer’s
blindness so he went to Dapitan
• Manuela Orlac – a Filipina companion who
accompanied the two.
• They presented a card of introduction by Julio
Llorente, Rizal’s friend and schoolmate.
• After a whirlwind romance of a month, they
agreed to marry but Father Obach refused to
marry them without the permission of the Bishop
of Cebu.

25. George Taufer
• When he heard of their
projected marriage, he
flared up in a violent
rage.
• He tried to commit
suicide by cutting of his
throat with a razor.
• To avoid a tragedy,
Josephine went with
him in Manila

26. • George Taufer returned alone to Hong Kong.
• Josephine stayed with the family of Rizal in
Manila.
• Francisco – son of Rizal who died due to
premature giving birth of his mother.
– He was eight month old then

27. RRiizzaall aanndd tthhee KKaattiippuunnaann
• Andres Bonifacio – The
Great Plebeian
– Founded the Katipunan
on July 7, 1896.

28. DDrr.. PPiioo VVaalleennzzuueellaa
• Best friend of Bonifacio
• An emissary to Dapitan
• Venus – steamer that
brought him to Dapitan
• Raymundo Mata – a
blind man whom he
brought with him to
solicit Rizal’s expert
medical advice.

29. RRiizzaall OObbjjeecctteedd tthhee KKaattiippuunnaann
• The people are not ready for a revolution
• The arms and funds must first be collected
before raising the cry of revolution

30. Rizal VVoolluunntteeeerrss aass aa MMiilliittaarryy DDooccttoorr iinn
CCuubbaa
• Rizal offered his services as military doctor in
Cuba, which was then in the throes of a
revolution and raging yellow fever epidemic.
• Upon the advice of his best friend, Ferdinand
Blumentritt, Rizal wrote to Governor General
Ramon Blanco, the successor of the Gov. Gen.
Despujol offering his services as military doctor in
Cuba.
• Months passed and he received no reply from
Malacañang.

31. • July 1, 1896 – he received a letter from the
Governor General notifying him of the
acceptance of the offer.