About The Katipunan

Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. Patterned somewhat after Rizal's Liga Filipina, though with an entirely different purpose, it was founded at Tondo, a suburb of Manila, on July 7th, 1892, the same day that the decree of Rizal's banishment to Dapitan was made public by Governor-General Eulogio Despujol. Marcelo H. Del Pilar, the companion and co-worker of Jose Rizal in Spain, is generally credited with having directly inspired its establishment. In fact one of the founders of the Katipunan was Del Pilar's brother-in-law Deodato Arellano, who became its first president. From the beginning, however, it was the organizing ability and tenacity of purpose of Andres Bonifacio that saved the society from an untimely death. He became its third president and as such was known to all members as the Supremo or the Supreme One.