GENERAL MARCELINO AURE, Philippine Revolution Hero, a General, a Freemason from Mendez,Cavite

GENERAL MARCELINO AURE Y FENOL (1863-1930)
“ALAPAAP”

The eldest of the children of Kapitang Pedro Aure and Ursula Fenol , Marcelino was born in Indang,Cavite on February 12,1863.The young Marcelino showed an inborn talent while studying in the private school of Maestro Basa of Indang. Learning the alphabet, arithmetic, and Tagalog poetry in a remarkable short period of time. When Mendez was converted into a municipality, the elder Aure made his son the chief clerk although he was only sixteen (16) years old.

Aure experienced great hardships under Spanish officials. He therefore signed up the Katipunan secret society. Because of his exceptional bravery Marcelino was given the rank of captain.
Kawit Revolt 
August 31, 1896
Liberation of Noveleta in Cavite, the uprisings were more successful, because they had able military commanders like Emilio Aguinaldo who led the revolt in Kawit on August 31, and Mariano Alvarez who liberated Noveleta on the same day. Other military leaders rose to prominence, notably Artemio Ricarte, Tomas Mascardo, Juan Cailles, Vito Belarmino, Mariano Trias and Marcelino Aure.

It was General Emilio Aguinaldo who was inducted into the Katipunan such great revolutionary figures as the three Riego de Dios brothers (Emiliano, Mariano, and Vicente) of Maragondon; Marcelino Aure of Mendez, Ambrocio Mojica of Indang, Vito Belarmino of Silang, Gregorio Jocson of Naik, and many others.

Battle of Talisay
It was in the battle of Talisay, Batangas, about the end of September 1896 that Marcelino F. Aure, whose symbolic Katipunan name was Alapaap (Cloud) –( His nom de guerre )and commander of some 30 bolomen from Mendez, Cavite, that he gained distinction for bravery and amazing magical power to ward off bullets. Standing in the middle of the road leading to the Talisay convent, Aure caused the Spaniards to concentrate their attacks on him, thus enabling his soldiers to break through enemy defense and capture their target.

Defense of Silang

On February 19,1897, the People’s troop who defended Silang were under the command of General Vito Belarmino of the Magdalo army; aiding him were Colonels Ambrosio Mojica , Marcelino Aure and Captain Hipolito Sakilayan, all of the Magdiwang . They put up a determined and pitched defense against the Spanish forces headed by General Jose de Lacambre.



Municipal President

Marcelino’s father; Pedro Aure, founder of the town of Mendez, was the gobernadorcillo of Mendez during its first year as a municipality in 1876. Cayetano Aure, perhaps a relative of Pedro, was the first and only capitan municipal of Mendez during the First Philippine Republic, 1899-1901.
When the Americans established a civil government in the Philippines, General Aure became a notary public and was appointed municipal president of Mendez (1901-1903).All municipal president appointed served without compensation. It was at the end of his term that Mendez was merged with Bailen and Alfonso under the name of the latter. The three were merged into one municipality under Public Act 747 passed by the Philippine Commission.

General Aure was also a member of the Provincial Board of Cavite.

Freemasonry
General Aure was active in Freemasonry, he first joined a Spanish Lodge and when Masonic forces in the Philippines were unified he transferred allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. In February 1917 he received the fourteenth degree (14˚) in the Philippine bodies.

Personal Life
In the early period of American occupation, so he married for the third time to a young girl named Margarita Vidamo, a native of Mendez. The couple was blessed with fourteen (14) children, but only seven (7) of them grew up to adulthood. They were Pacita,Ignacio,Aurea,Antonio,Marcelino Jr.,Miguel and Ursula.

General Aure died on February 4, 1930, at the age 67.

He was the first known Mason and Philippine Revolution General from Mendez Nunez , Cavite.


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