Isabelo de los Reyes

Isabelo de los Reyes, Sr. y Florentino, also known as Don Belong , was a prominent Filipino politician, writer and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the original founder of the Aglipayan Church, an independent Christian Protestant church in the catholic tradition. Due to his widespread AntiCatholic writings and activism with labor unions, he is sometimes dubbed as the Father of Filipino Socialism. Pope Leo XIII formally excommunicated Reyes in 1903 as a schismatic apostate.

Isabelo de los Reyes was born to Elas de los Reyes and Leona Florentino in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. His mother, of mixed Spanish and Filipino descent, is recognised as the first significant female poet of the Philippines for her works in both Spanish and Ilocano.

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