Jose Rizal Museum

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Rizal's Final Burial

This photo taken on December 29, 1912 shows Dr. Jose Rizal's remains at the Ayuntamiento before its transfer to his final resting place beneath his monument at the Luneta. Notice the finely-decorated urn containing Rizal's remains in the center of the picture, chest level, and a bust. There's also a wreath with a masonic symbol (center on floor). The Rizal family authorized the Masons to lead his funeral and burial.

The Catholic Church was barred by the family from the burial rites in 1912 due to their inhumane treatment of Rizal. There was the improper burial after ex*****on without religious rites - they buried Rizal wrapped only in cloth, not in a coffin. Then, the Church's refusal to turnover the remains to his family - he was buried secretly in Paco Cemetary without any markings.

Asuncion Lopez Bantug, Rizal's grandniece, described the events as follows (from inquirer.net):

“In 1912, the foundations were laid for a monument at the Luneta that would also serve as the final tomb for the hero’s mortal remains. On Dec. 29, 1912, the urn containing the remains was borne in solemn procession from the family’s house to the Ayuntamiento, that fine Marble Hall that had been a symbol of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines. [Teodora Alonso was laid in state in the same location the previous year.] In the salon of the Ayuntamiento, the urn was enshrined on a magnificent catafalque surrounded by innumerable floral wreaths, offerings of the nation. Throughout that night, the Knights of Rizal and other patriotic groups as well as the public kept vigil round the catafalque.”

“Next morning, Dec. 30, 1912 — 16th anniversary of the martyrdom — the urn was borne to the Luneta on an artillery caisson drawn by six horses. Thousands joined the procession and thousands more lined the streets.

“At the Luneta, the obsequies were led by acting Governor-General Newton W. Gilbert and the two ranking statesmen of the Philippine Assembly, Sergio Osmeña and Mariano Ponce, the latter one of Rizal’s dearest friends. Then the urn was deposited in the center of the base over which would rise the monument…

“The monument they accomplished has become a national landmark, the most visible tribute of the nation to its greatest son.

“But neither of his parents lived to see his monument.”

Rizal’s father, Francisco, died in Manila in 1898. His mother, Doña Teodora, died in August 1911; she had lain in state in the very same Ayuntamiento the year before Rizal was buried at the Luneta.

Juan Luna, Valentin Ventura, and Jose Rizal

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photo credit: from "Rizal's Story Of His Own Life" by José Rizal (edited by Austin Craig), National Book Company, Manila 1918

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