Padre Burgos House - Vigan City

Birthplace of Padre Burgos

At this place, town of Vigan, capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Jose Apolinario Burgos, priest and martyr, was born on February 9, 1837. His parents were Jose Burgos, an army lieutenant, and Doña Florencia Garcia.

Father Burgos graduated from the University of Sto. Tomas and held very high positions in the Cathedral of Manila. Throughout his ecclesiastical career he was a staunch advocate of the uplify of the secular clergy. He was executed in Bagumbayan field on February 17, 1872 together with the Rev. Mariano Gomez and the the Rev. Jacinto Zamora for supposed implication in the military revolt of Cavite on January 20, 1872.