Manuel Pinzon Abella

Manuel Pinzon Abella
Born1828 (1828)
Catanauan, Tayabas, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedJanuary 4, 1897(1897-01-04) (aged 68–69)
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines

Manuel Pinzon Abella was born in 1828 in Catanauan, Tayabas. He was a wealthy rice and abaca farmer and one of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol[1][2] who were executed for cooperating with the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution against Spain.[3][4] He married Bibiana Isaac[5] and was blessed with ten children, only five surviving childhood: Mariano, Leocadio, Emetrio, Domingo, Concepcion. He also had a child, Ramon Abella, with an unknown woman.[6]

  1. ^ "Naga to Celebrate 109th Year of Fifteen Bicol Martyrs". The Official Site of Naga. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ Ocampo, Ambeth. "Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ^ Ataviado, Juan T. The Philippine Revolution in the Bicol Region. p. 18.
  4. ^ Barameda, Jose V. (January 15, 2008). The Bicol Martyrs of 1896 Revisited.
  5. ^ The Family of Bibiana Isaac and Manuel Abella. April 20, 2008.
  6. ^ Manuel Abella. National Historical Institute.