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Gaspar Aquino de Belén, a native of Rosario, Batangas, [1] was a Filipino poet and translator of the 17th century, known for authoring a 1704 rendition of the Pasyon: a famous work of Christian poetry about the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, which has circulated in many versions.

Aquino de Belen book
Pabasa ( Malolos Diocese)

Generally Filipino natives were not taught the Spanish language but the bilingual individuals, notably poet-translator Aquino de Belén, produced devotional poetry written in Latin script in the Tagalog language.

References

  1. ^ Lumbera, Bienvenido L. (1968). "Assimilation and Synthesis (1700-1800): Tagalog Poetry in the Eighteenth Century". Philippine Studies. 16 (4): 622–662. ISSN  0031-7837.

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