Talambuhay ni Hermano Pule

Hermano Pule 

Hermano Pule  was born on July 22, 1815 in Lukban, Quezon. His parents were Pablo de la Cruz and Juana Andrea. He was also called Apolinario de la Cruz.

He worked in an orphanage of the San Juan de Dio Hospita in Manila, and sold perfumes to churches to people to make a living.

Hermano Pule was a religious man. He tried to join religious organizations but he was never accepted. When he returned to Lukban in 1840, he founded the Confradia de San Jose, a religious organization which encouraged members to freely worship God according to their own ways. Many from Quezon (Then called Tayabas), Laguna and Batangas joined the organization.

The priest of Lukban, Manuel Sancho was angered and accused Apolinario, now known as Hermano Pule, of heresy and filibusterism. The priest also wanted to disband the organization.

The government banned the group but its members went on meeting every 19th of each month. In September of 1841, the priest even broke up one meeting of the Confrodia in Majayjay, Laguna. Some of the members were arrested. Hermano Pule was in Manila then. He decided to hide in Bay, Laguna. Later he established a headquarters in Sariaya, Quezon.

In Sariaya, they were attacked by the troops of the government. Hermano Pule and his members decided to go up to mountainous place of Alitaw.

The initial battles were won by the group of Hermano Pule. In the end with no ammunition, their camp was finally overrun in October of 1841. Hermano Pule was captured and executed in November 1841. He was decapitated and his head was skewered by a bamboo pole and displayed at the outskirt of Majayjay to serve as a warning to would-be rebels.