Some illustrious Filipino and Ilocanos among whom were Pedro Bukaneg, the Father of Ilocano literature; Diego Silang, the first Filipino emancipator; Josefa Gabriela Silang, the Filipino Joan of Arc; Dr. José Burgos, the Father of Filipino nationalism; Leona Florentino, the Ilocano poetess; Ventura de los Reyes, the first Filipino delegate to the Spanish Cortez; Mena Crisólogo, the Ilocano Shakespeare; Isabelo de los Reyes, the Father of Filipino socialism and unionism; Msgr.
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Churches - most notable of these churches include the Vigan Cathedral (which is the seat of eva Segovia, and where the remains of the Ilocano poet Leona Florentino is interred), Santa Maria Church (which is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list), Candon Church (has a grand facade and is famous for its tall bell tower and the longest painting in the Philippines) and Sinait Church (which houses the miraculous Statue of the Black Nazarene).
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His mother, Leona Florentino was the most outstanding Filipino woman writer of the Spanish era.
Leona Helmsley | Leona Naess | Leona Florentino | Leona Philippo | Leona Machálková | Leona Dombrowsky | Florentino Ameghino | ''Leona Wood performing a Tadjik dance. Photo: Philip Harland'' 1965 | Leona Dare | Leona Aglukkaq | Florentino Pérez | Florentino Collantes | Echo (Leona Lewis album) | Announcement of Spelterini's ascents with Leona Dare |