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(Tiburcio Hilario)
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Upon the early death of his mother, Tiburcio and Cecilio were left in the supervision of their sister, Isabela. Tiburcio, like Cecilio, finished Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1869 and went on  with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Law in 1874 from the University of Santo Tomas.
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His brother Cecilio was one of the pioneers of masonry in the Philippines, the fraternity that started the Propaganda movement of the era. Tiburcio was then included in the triangle of his brother in San Fernando which became one of two lodges which materialized (the other was Francisco Joven's in Bacolor) out of the eight original triangles initially formed in Pampanga.
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On June 12, 1892, during Dr. <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1190/today-in-philippine-history-june-19-1861-dr-jose-p-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Jose Rizal</a>'s second return to Manila, he visited Central Luzon leaders to invite them to be members of <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/735/today-in-philippine-history-july-3-1892-dr-jose-rizal-founded-the-la-liga-filipina" class="news_link">La Liga Filipina</a>, a society of patriotic Filipinos who would work for the development and progress of their country. Among those visited by Rizal in the course of the organization of the league were him and his brother Cecilio. He came to their ancestral house in San Fernando and stayed there on many occasions. In fact Rizal left many of his writings and books under the care of Tiburcio. These visits changed the lives of the two brothers. From legal defenders, reformers and propangandists, they became rebels and leaders of the revolution.
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His life was endangered because every time Rizal came to Hilario's house, the whole household and all the buildings and garden were searched by the Spaniards. There was a time when his daughter did not succeed in burning all the books when the Hilario's house was searched so the Spaniards got hold of some of them. They arrested Tiburcio and imprisoned him. 
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He, together with his brother, was imprisoned in Bacolor and was later exiled to Siasi, Jolo while Cecilio was sent to Balabac. From Siasi and Balabac, they were sent to Bilibid prison with the intention of making them testify against Rizal during the latter's trial, but thay refused to testify against the hero.
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Although Tiburcio failed to prevent his own exile, he succeeded in saving two of his closest friends, Don Leandro Ibarra (a lawyer from Lubao, Pampanga, who later became the Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of General Emilio Aguinaldo) and his cousin <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/554/today-in-philippine-history-august-30-1850-marcelo-h-del-pilar-was-born-in-cupang-bulacan-bulacan" class="news_link">Marcelo H. Del pilar</a> who was once an Official De Mesa (clerk) in Pampanga, from the same fate.
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Tiburcio Hilario was later elected as the Revolutionary Governor of Pampanga by the town presidents. He stands out as the brains of the revolutionary movement in Pampanga. He chose General Maximino Hizon as the head of the military arm and Aurelio Tolentino, the playwright revolutionary, as his propagandist to convince the people of the province of the justice of the cause of the revolution in that province.
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During the Luna-Mascardo confrontation in April, 1899, it was Tiburcio Hilario who met General <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1322/today-in-philippine-history-october-29-1866-antonio-luna-was-born-in-binondo-manila" class="news_link">Antonio Luna</a> and pleaded with him to restore peace and unity at a crucial moment in the history of the nation. He requested a bevy of beauties led by Nicolasa Dayrit and Pampanga's Red Cross President, Praxedes Fajardo, to bring flowers and to kneel before General Luna. The women knelt before him on the steps of the convent in Bacolor on April 24, 1899, to dissuade the fiery General from violently confronting General <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2736/today-in-philippine-history-october-9-1871-general-tomas-mascardo-was-born-in-cavite-del-viejo" class="news_link">Tomas Mascardo</a>.
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August 11, 1853: Tiburcio Hilario, revolutionary governor of Pampanga was born in San Fernando, Pampanga