Background
Cosme Abaya was born on September 27, 1840, in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. His parents, Eugenio Abaya and Higinia Abaya, were modest landowners and were known for their donations to the church where they had a reserved pew.
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151 Muralla St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila, Philippines
Colegio de San Juan de Letran where Cosme Abaya received a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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España Blvd, Sampaloc, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila, Philippines
The University of Santo Tomas where Cosme Abaya received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree, a Licentiate of Philosophy degree, a Bachelor of Theology degree, a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Doctor of Theology degree, and a Doctor of Laws degree.
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151 Muralla St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila, Philippines
Colegio de San Juan de Letran where Cosme Abaya received a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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España Blvd, Sampaloc, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila, Philippines
The University of Santo Tomas where Cosme Abaya received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree, a Licentiate of Philosophy degree, a Bachelor of Theology degree, a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Doctor of Theology degree, and a Doctor of Laws degree.
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Cosme Abaya
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Cosme Abaya received his early education at a parish school. The parish priest, knowing his youthful intelligence and diligence in his studies, interested the parents to send the boy to the seminary school at Vigan. He did not probably stay there long, for soon he was enrolled at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Then he boarded in the same house with Jose Burgos in Intramuros while continuing his studies at the University of Santo Tomas where he obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1859, a Licentiate of Philosophy degree, a Bachelor of Theology degree, a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Doctor of Theology degree, and a Doctor of Laws degree.
Career
It is not unlikely that Abaya's contact with Burgos influenced him to support the movement for the secularization of the parishes, the most significant question then absorbing the minds of the Filipino secular clergy during the middle of the nineteenth century. For a time he was vice-rector of the College of San Jose; then he was designated parochial priest of Tagudin, later of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, and of his home town, Candon. He taught theology for a time in the Seminary of Vigan. For alleged complicity in the Revolution of 1896, he was imprisoned. During the short-lived Revolutionary government, he was named rector of the Seminary of Vigan by Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo; and in 1899 he was appointed military chaplain with the rank of captain. Abaya left important writings which remained unedited up to his death, but the information his relatives unable to confirm.
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Personality
Gregorio Aglipay being one of those who said, that Abaya had a more brilliant mind than Burgos. He was rather of robust and stocky frame and modest and simple in his ways.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
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