Officers and Members of Macario R. Ramos Memorial Lodge No. 355
together with Grand Lodge Officers MD-NCR-A
and Ill. Eugenio S. Labitoria Past Grand Master
The Sublime Paralytic
Apolinario 'Poly' Mabini y Maranan (July 23, 1864 - May 13, 1903)
Apolinario Mabini was born on July 23, 1864 in Barangay Talaga in Tanauan, Batangas. He was the second of eight children of Dionisia Maranan, a vendor in the Tanauan market, and Inocencio Mabini, an unlettered peasant. Mabini began informal studies under his maternal grandfather, who was the village teacher. Because he demonstrated uncommon intelligence, he was transferred to a regular school owned by Simplicio Avelino, where he worked as a houseboy, and also took odd jobs from a local tailor - all in exchange for free board and lodging. He later transferred to a school conducted by the Fray Valerio Malabanan, whose fame as an educator merited a mention in José Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo.
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