Did you know: Gregorio Araneta

Friday, April 19, is the 144th birth anniversary of Gregorio Araneta, secretary of the Malolos Congress and justice secretary of the First Republic. Born in 1869, he studied law at the University of Santo Tomas.  At the age of 30 in 1899, he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court, the youngest to occupy the position. On May 9, 1930, Araneta died of a heart attack and was interred at La Loma Cemetery. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research