Leonor Rivera

Leonor RiveraKipping was the childhood sweetheart, and lover by correspondence of Philippine national hero Jos Rizal. Rivera was the greatest influence in preventing Rizal from falling in love with other women while Rizal was traveling outside the Philippines. Riveras romantic relationship with Rizal lasted for eight years. She was immortalized by Rizal as the character Mara Clara in the Spanishlanguage novel Noli Me Tangere. Her original hometown is in Camiling, Tarlac.

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