The “original” document of Rizal’s “retraction” was found in the archdiocesan archives in 1935, 39 years after having disappeared the day Rizal was shot. The controversy over Rizal’s retraction has not been settled. Bernardino Nozaleda, recalled: “During that day, although Rizal did not reject, he persisted in his errors contrary to the Catholic faith.… However, at the last hour, Rizal abjured, in writing, his religious errors.” In other words, Rizal, a Mason, was said to have recanted his statements against the Church and to have returned to the Catholic faith. There he received numerous visitors, including his counsel some Spanish officials and several priests, his former professors, with whom he supposedly discussed reason and religion. of December 29, Rizal was transferred to his death cell in Fort Santiago. His execution was scheduled the following day.Īt around 7 a.m. Rafael Dominguez read before Rizal his death sentence. The Spanish authorities believed that Rizal’s writings “fatally and necessarily” incited the rebellion which, by 1896, had already become a revolution. On December 26, 1896, the military court tried Jose Rizal and later found him guilty of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy.
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