Col. Posidio Bermejo Delgado of Santa Barbara in Iloilo, Philippines
(By DinggolAranetaDivinagracia - IlonggoNationMovement)
“A tribute to the 1898 Ilonggo revolutionary leader Don Posideo Bermejo Delgado born on May 17, 1865 in Santa Barbara, Iloilo on the occasion of his 154th birth anniversary today --the 17th of May, 2019.” --dinggol.d~~~
Personal testimonies of my good friends Gaudioso "Boy" Haguisan, his sister Freda Haguisan, and their cousin Luis Winston Delgado Mendoza about their grandfather during a get together party at the home of Patrick Contreras Erpe and Eva Geasin-Erpe in Panorama City, Southern California:
(In photo: Dinggol at center with Freda and Boy Haguisan)
That the low-profile revolutionary leader Colonel Posidio B. Delgado of Santa Barbara, Iloilo composed the "Marcha Libertador" the official march of the Ejercito Libertador (the Ilonggo freedom fighters). Delgado was born on May 17, 1865 to Don Jacinto Delgado and Doña Gabriela Merlo Bermejo.
He is the brother of the Visayan Supremo General-en-Gefe Martin Delgado of the Estado Federal de Bisayas and Placida Delgado who was married to Don Sabas Solinap. Aside from being a good musician, Don Posidio was also a very religious man who composed many composition of religious offerings.
Col. Posidio Delgado was married to Felicia Feberico by whom he had seven (7) children, namely:
1. Pura married to Nicanor Gregorios
2. Maria married to Domingo Mabunay, Sr.
3. Jose married to Catalina Piremne
4. Luis married to Inda Taas Jinal Abirin
5. Juana married to Gaudioso Haguisan, Sr.
6. Salvador married to Jesusa Segovia
7. Rosita remained single
Luis Delgado Mendoza, further stated that his maternal grandfather and namesake, Brig. Gen. Luis Delgado who married Princess Inda Taas Jinal Abirin of the royal Sulu Sultanate was one of the two Santa Barbaranhons to first enter and graduated from the Constabulary Academy, the precursor of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio. The other was Brig. General Julio Umadhay, Sr.
Likewise, the Haguisan-Delgado siblings proudly attest to the fact that their uncle Engineer Salvador F. Delgado, the youngest son of Don Posideo and his Construction Team were greatly instrumental in building the Chapel and giant Cross atop Balaan Bukid, earlier known as “Bundulan’ in the island province of Guimaras, now popularly called the “Mango Capital of the Philippines”.
The substantial elevated lot area with a magnificent panoramic view of the City of Iloilo and its environs was donated by the heirs of Don Raymundo Angulo Melliza of Parian, now Molo in Iloilo City. While financing of the project in the 1950s was thru the benevolence of the Doña Ana Ledesma de Lopez Foundation spearheaded by her daughter Doña Victoria Ledesma Lopez de Araneta, married to Dr. Salvador Zaragoza Araneta.
(Credit to Nereo Cajilig Lujan for the Chapel and giant Cross photos) ~~~
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