Pío Valenzuela
Filipino politician
Born on: July 11, 1869Died on: April 6, 1956
Aged: 86 years 270 days (1040 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Philippines
Birth Sign: Cancer
Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. At the age of 22, he joined the society of Katipunan, a movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution.
Together with Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto, they formed the secret chamber of the society called Camara Reina or Kamara Negra.
He took charge of the publication of Ang Kalayaan, Katipunan's official publication. He was the one who tried to convince the exiled José Rizal to join the revolutionary movement.
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