Life in Madrid

*University Central de Madrid (Nov. 03, 1882)

-Medicine
-Philosophy and Letters
*Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
-Painting
-Sculpture
*Took lessons in French, Greek and English
*Practiced Fencing and Shooting in the Hall of Arms of Sanz y
Carbonell
*His thirst knowledge of Music ,he visited Art galleries & Museums

*Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey

-Rafael
-Consuelo
-> City Mayor of Manila during the administration o f liberal governor
General Ma. Dela torre (1869-1871) and was later promoted Vice
President of the Council of the Philippimes in the Ministry of Colonies
(ULTRAMAR)
 Romance with Cosuelo Ortiga y Perez
*Rizal was not a Handsome man
*Rizal was a shy man
*Rizal was a small man (a few inches above five feet in height)

* “A La Señiorita C. O. y P.” (To Miss C. O. y P.)

-August 23, 1853

1. He was still engaged to Leonor Rivera

2. His Friend and co-worker in the Propaganda movement, Eduardo De
Lete was madly inlove with Consuelo
 They asked Me for Verses
*Circulo Hispano – Filipino (Hispano – Filipino Circle) 1882
- A society of Spaniards & Filipinos

* “Me Piden Versos” (They Asked Me for Verses)

 Rizal as Lover of Books
*Favorite pastime of Rizal in Madrid was Reading

-The Bible
-Hebrew Grammar
-Lives of the President of United States from Washington to Johnson
-Complete work of Voltaire (9 Volumes)
-Complete work of Holace (3 Volumes)
-Complete Work of C. Bernard (16 Volumes)
-History of French Revolution
-The wandering Jaw
-Ancient Poetry
-Works of Thucydides
-The Byzantine Empire
-The Characters by La Bruyete
-The Renaissance
-Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
-Works of Alexander Dumas
-Louis XIV and His Court
-Medicine
-Philosophy
-Languages
-History
-Geography
-Arts and Sciences
 Rizal’s First Visit to Paris (1883)
*Rizal went to Paris (June 17 – August 20)

*Hotel de Paris on 37 Rue de Maubange

*later, he moved to Hotel 124 Rue de Rennes in Latin Quarter

*Attractive Sights of Paris

-Beautiful boulevards
-The Opera House
-The place de la Concorde
-The Arch of Triumph
-The bois de Boulogne (Magnificent Park)
-The Madelaine Church
-The Cathedral of Notre Dame
-The Column of Vendome
-The Invalides (containing the tomb of Napoleon the Great)
-The Fabulous Versailles

*Spend his time in Musuems, Art Galleries and Hospitals

“Paris is the cosliest capital in Europe”

 Rizal as a Mason
*Miguel Morayta
-Statesman -Historian
-Professor -Writer

*Francisca Pi y Margal
-Statesman
-Journalist
-Former President of the Short lived First Spanish Republic

*Manuel Beccerna
-Minister of Ultamar (Colonies)
*Emilio Junoy
-Journalist
-Member of the Spanish Cortes

*Juan Ruiz Zorilla

-Parlimentarian
-Head of the Republic Progressive Party in Madrid

*March 1883 , He joined the masonic lodge called “Acacia” in Madrid

Friars – Catholic Religion Rizal – FreeMasonry

*Master Mason (November 15, 1890)

*February 15, 1892, He was awarded the diploma as master mason by
“Le Grand Orient de France” in Paris
*Rizal Played Lukewarm role in FreeMasonry

* “Science, Virtue and Labor”

1889 at Lodge Solidaridad, Madrid
 Financial Worries
*Things turned bad to worse in Calamba
*Harvest of Rice and Sugarcane Failed
*A dreadful pest killed most of the Turkeys

*Don Francisco (the hero’s father)

*June 24, 1884 – Participated in the contest in Greek Language and won
Gold Medal

*He was a quest speaker in a banquet held in honor of Juan Luna and
Felix Resureccion Hidalgo at Restaurant Ingles, Madrid
 Rizal’s Salute to Luna and Hidalgo
*June 25, 1884 – Filipino Community Celebrate the double Victory of
the Filipino Artist in the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid

1. Luna’s Spoliarium winning First Place

2. Hidalgo’s Christian Virgins Exposed to Populace winning Second
Place

“ Genius know no country, genius sprouts everywhere, genius is like

light, air, the patrimony of Everybody. Cosmopolitan like space, like
life, like God.”
 Studies Completed in Spain
*Universidad Central de Madrid ( June 21, 1884 )

-The next Academic year (1884-18850 He studied and Passed all the
subjects leading to the degree of doctor Medicine.

Fifth Year (1882-1883) Continuation of Medical Course in the College

of Santo Tomas

Medical Clinic 1 …………………………………………. Good

Surgical Clinic 1 …………………………………………. Good
Obstetrical Clinic ……………………………………….. Fair
Legal Medicine ………………………………………….. Excellent
 Sixth Year (1884-1885)

Medical Clinic 2 …………………………………………. Good

Surgical Clinic 2 …………………………………………. Very Good

Licentiate in Medicine warded on June 21, 1884

With the rating “Fair”

Doctorate (1884-1885)

History of Medical Science ………………………………. Fair

Surgical Analysis ………………………………………………. Good
Normal Histology ……………………………………………… Excellent
*Universidad Central de Madrid ( June 19, 1885 )
-Awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters with the
rating “Excellent”

182-1883

Universal History 1 ……………………………………….. Very Good

General Literature ………………………………………… Excellent

1884-1885

Universal History ………………………………………….. Excellent

Greek and Latin Literature ………………………....... Excellent (with Prize)
Greek 1 ………………………………………………………… Excellent (with Prize
 1882 – 1883

Spanish Language ……………………………….. Excellent (with a Scholarship)

Arabic Language ………………………………….. Excellent (with a Scholarship)

*Became qualified to be a professor of Humanities in any Spanish

University
*Became a Full-fledged physician, qualified to practice medicine

*November 24, 1884

“My doctorate is not of very much value to me… because although it is
useful to a university professor, yet I believed they [Dominican friars – Z]
will never appoint me as such in the college of Santo Tomas. I say the
same thing of Philosophy and Letters which may serve also for a
professorship. But I doubt if the Dominican fathers will grant it to me.”