Location: Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 7 November 1998
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
KUL-LABENG HISTORICAL SITE
PINILI, ILOCOS NORTE
FORMERLY A BARRIO OF BADOC, KUL-LABENG USED TO SERVE AS THE REFUGE OF MONSIGNOR GREGORIO AGLIPAY, REVOLUTIONARY LEADER AND VICAR GENERAL CASTRENCE OF THE FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. THIS BARRIO WAS THE SCENE OF ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES AND THE AMERICANS DURING THE FILIPINO–AMERICAN WAR, INCLUDING ONE WHICH RESULTED IN THE ROUTING OF 50 AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN.
AFTER THE WAR, THE BARRIO WAS THE FREQUENT MEETING PLACE OF MONSIGNOR GREGORIO AGLIPAY AND OTHER FILIPINO PRIESTS. IT WAS HERE WHERE HE AND OTHER PRIESTS MET AND MADE A DECISION TO SEPARATE FROM THE AUTHORITY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON MAY 8, 1902.
