Gomburza Essay Examples

Gomburza is the acronym that refers to the first syllables of the surnames of Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora - three Filipino Catholic priests, who were executed in 17 February 1872 in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion.

The execution had a profound effect on many late 19th-century Filipinos; José Rizal, later to become the country's national hero, would dedicate his novel El filibusterismo to their memory. Mutiny by workers in the Cavite Naval Yard was the pretext needed by the authorities to redress a perceived humiliation from the principal objective, José Burgos, who threatened the established order.