Máximo Inocencio

Máximo Inocencio was drafted into the Spanish colonial army while he was studying at the Colegio de San Juan de Letrán. After training in San Antonio, Cavite, he was inducted into the 72nd Regiment of the Spanish Army and dispatched to Jolo, Sulu to fight Moro insurgents. Upon his return from Mindanao, was appointed chief clerk of the Comisaría de Guerra in Cavite where he worked for 20 years. He became a Freemason and joined the Katipunan in 1892. He was the founder of two Katipunan branches, namely, Balangay No. 1 named Marikít ("bright") in Barrio San Antonio, Cavite, and Balangay No. 2 called Lintík ("lightning") in Barrio San Rafael, Cavite. Among the people he initiated into the Katipunan were the jail warden Severino Lapidario, Feliciano Cabuco, tailor José Lallana, watchmaker Eugenio Cabezas, and tailor Eulogio Raymundo. He was married to Celedonia Santiago, with whom he had four children.

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• "Máximo Inocencio". Wikipedia. (2013). Retrieved 8 January 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ximo_Inocencio