Sagrado Corazón / Monteflores
—  Sector (of Santurce)  —
Location of Sagrado Corazón within the District of Santurce
Location of Monteflores within the District of Santurce
Island	Puerto Rico
Republic	United States of America
District	Santurce
Borough	San Juan
Population
• Total	3,303 (combined)
	Source: 2000 United States Census

Sagrado Corazón 18°26′31″N 66°03′34″W / 18.44194°N 66.05944°W / 18.44194; -66.05944 and Monteflores 18°26′23″N 66°03′23″W / 18.43972°N 66.05639°W / 18.43972; -66.05639 are two contiguous neighborhoods with similar characteristics formerly known as the Alto de Ubarri and part of Santurce's 40 "sub-barrios" (neighborhoods). Sagrado Corazón measures 0.34 km² (345,472 m²), with a resident population of 1,646 while Monteflores measures 0.17 km² (172,397 m²), with a resident population of 1,657, both as of the 2000 United States Census.^[1]

Sagrado Corazón and Monteflores are situated on the highest of Santurces's 5 hills, Monteflores, which reaches a height of 23 meters (75 feet), and enjoys amazing vistas and breezes, its borders are Borinquen Avenue to the south, Ponce of León Avenue and San Jorge Street to the west, Tapia Street to the east and to the north San Mateo Street and Eduardo Conde Avenue (Old Seboruco Road) bordering the Villa Palmeras neighborhood.

This area was urbanized in the first decades of the twentieth century with great residences that belonged to the privileged families of the time and is rich in architectural styles. Renown architect Antonín Nechodoma located his residence in Monteflores and some residences designed by him are still in the area.

Unique French-style neoclassic architectural characteristics of the University of the Sacred Heart (Universidad del Sagrado Corazón) where the residence of Pablo Ubarri, Count of Santurce, was located also abound along with Puerto Rican adaptations of Victorian architecture, there are also homes in the "tropical" U.S influenced Mission Revival, French-gothic, Spanish Colonial Revival, Prairie School, and several apartment structures of the "Art Deco" periods in Bouret street.^[2]

Nowadays some modern high rise apartment buildings dot the area. Sagrado Corazón station is the starting point of the "Tren Urbano" (Urban Train). Various bus lines (guaguas) operate in the area as well.

References[link]

	Puerto Rico portal
	Geography portal

Bibliography[link]

• (English) Puerto Rican Houses in Sociohistorical Perspective Author; Carol F. Jopling - (1988)The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. ISBN 0-87049-543-7 / ISBN 0-87049-763-4

Sagrado
—  Comune  —
Comune di Sagrado
Sagrado Location of Sagrado in Italy
Coordinates: 45°52′N 13°29′E / 45.867°N 13.483°E / 45.867; 13.483
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Gorizia (GO)
Frazioni	Peteano, Poggio Terza Armata, San Martino del Carso
Government
• Mayor	Elisabetta Pian
Area
• Total	14.1 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	2,234
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Demonym	Sagradini
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	34078
Dialing code	0481
Patron saint	St. Nicholas
Saint day	December 6
Website	Official website

Sagrado (in the local Bisiac dialect: Sagrà, Slovene: Zagraj) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 35 km northwest of Trieste and about 13 km southwest of Gorizia.

Sagrado is nearby the Monte San Michele, the seat of fierce fightings between Italy and Austria-Hungary during World War I.

Twin towns[link]

• Branik, Slovenia
• Győrság, Hungary
• Pogendorf, Austria

References[link]

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José Corazón de Jesús (November 22, 1896 – May 26, 1932), also known by his pen name Huseng Batute, was a Filipino poet who used Tagalog poetry to express the Filipinos' desire for independence during the American occupation of the Philippines, a period that lasted from 1901 to 1946. He is best known for being the lyricist of the Filipino song Bayan Ko.

Buhay Huseng Batute was born on November 22, 1896 in Santa Cruz, Manila to Vicente de Jesús, the first health bureau director of the American occupation government, and Susana Pangilinan of Pampanga. He was christened José Cecilio de Jesús but he later dropped Cecilio and replaced it with the Spanish name Corazón (heart) because he said it best described his character.

Early life[link]

De Jesús spent his childhood in Santa Maria, Bulacan, his father's hometown. He completed his education at the defunct Liceo de Manila, where he graduated in 1916. His first published poem was Pangungulila (Yearning), which was published in the defunct Ang Mithi (The Ideal) in 1913 when he was 17 years old.

Newspaper poet[link]

In 1920, de Jesús received his bachelor of laws degree from the defunct Academia de Leyes but he never practiced his legal profession because he was already busy writing a column in verse for the Tagalog newspaper Taliba. The column was called Buhay Maynila (Manila Life) which he wrote under the pseudonym Huseng Batute. Through his column, he satirized society under the American colonizers and espoused independence for the Philippines which was then a commonwealth under the United States.

De Jesús published some 4,000 poems in his Buhay Maynila column. He also wrote about 800 columns under the title Ang Lagot na Bagting (The Broken String). Although his favored pen name was Huseng Batute, he also wrote about 300 short poems and prose works under several pseudonyms, such as Pusong Hapis, Paruparu, Pepito Matimtiman, Mahirap, Dahong Kusa, Paruparong Luksa, Amado Viterbi, Elias, Anastacio Salagubang and Water Lily.

King of the Balagtasan[link]

On March 28, 1924, de Jesús and other leading Tagalog writers met at a women's school in Tondo, Manila, under the auspices of Filipino educator Rosa Sevilla, to discuss how to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas on April 2. They decided to hold a traditional duplo, or a dramatic debate in verse that was in its waning days in the 1920s. They changed the format of the duplo and renamed it balagtasan in honor of Balagtas.

There were three pairs of poets who participated in the first balagtasan on April 6, 1924 at the defunct Instituto de Mujeres (Women's Institute), founded by Sevilla, but the audience were most impressed by de Jesús and another Filipino poet, Florentino Collantes.

The balagtasan was an instant hit, later becoming became a common feature in Manila's biggest and most expensive theaters until the 1950s. De Jesús and Collantes were pitted against each other in a contrived rivalry and a showdown was set for Oct. 18, 1925 at the Olympic Stadium. De Jesús was acclaimed winner of the showdown and was dubbed "Hari ng Balagtasan" (king of versified debate). He held the title until his death in 1932.

[edit] Contribution to the spread of Balagtasan

De Jesús, who was already famous around the Philippines as Huseng Batute, was asked in 1930 to act in the movie Oriental Blood, which starred Atang dela Rama and Carmen Rosales, the most famous actresses of the day, and his own son, José Corazón de Jesús, Jr., who would later gain some fame as a silent movie actor.

De Jesús contracted an ulcer during the filming of Oriental Blood and died of ulcer complications on May 26, 1932. He was survived by his wife Asunción Lacdan de Jesús and children Teresa, José Jr., and Rogelio.

Upon his death, his heart was donated to a government museum where it was preserved until it was buried with his mother. He was finally interred at the Manila North Cemetery where he was buried under a tree, as he wished in his poems Isang Punong Kahoy (One Tree) and Ang Akasya (The Acacia). Many of his descendants now live in the United States, carrying on the family name of de Jesús.

Selected works[link]

José Corazón de Jesús's works appeared on several magazines and newspapers, notably Ang Democracia, Taliba, Liwayway, El Debate and Sampagita. In addition, his works have appeared in various anthologies and textbooks from grade school to college. Among his more popular works are:

• Ang Manok Kong Bulik ("My White Rooster", 1911) - a poem about a country man's misfortune in cockfighting
• Barong Tagalog (1921) - poem written after the Filipino national costume
• Ang Pagbabalik ("Homecoming", 1924)
• Ang Pamana ("The Legacy", 1925)
• Isang Punongkahoy ("A Tree", 1932)

Some of his poems were set into music; among these are:

• Bayan Ko ("My Country", 1929) - music by Constancio de Guzman
• Pakiusap ("A Request") - music by Francisco Santiago

See also[link]

Poetry portal

• Literature of the Philippines
• History of the Philippines
• José Corazón de Jesús, Jr.

References[link]

• Almario, Virgilio S. Art and Politics in the Balagtasan. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2003
• Almario, Virgilio S. Jose Corazon de Jesus: Mga Piling Tula ("Jose Corazon de Jesus: Selected Poems"). Manila: de La Salle University Press Inc., 1984. Reprinted 1995. ISBN 971-555-102-5.
• National Historical Institute,Filipinos in History Volume 1. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1995

Luis Fernando Lopez Ramos (born December 19, 1980) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name El Sagrado (Spanish for "The Sacred One"). While working as "Sagrado" Lopez has held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, with different partners.

Early life[link]

Luis Lopez was born December 19, 1980 and like many children in Mexico grew up idolizing Lucha libre (professional wrestling), especially El Santo.^[3] At the age of 12 he told his parents he wanted to become a professional wrestler, something his parents opposed. The young Lopez found a way to train to become a professional wrestler without his parents knowing it, his brothers covered for him by telling his parents that he was at football practice instead.^[3]

Besides wrestling Lopez also studied religion, urged by his mother to seek the priesthood when he was old enough. According to Lopez he met Fray Tormenta, the famous Mexican wrestling priest who told Lopez to follow his own desires, which in turn let Lopez to become a wrestler. Whether this is actually true or part of the storyline build up around the "El Sagrado" character is not known, but Javier has state that he met Fray Tormenta in several interviews.^[3]

Professional wrestling career[link]

On his debut Lopez shared a ring with one of the big names of the early 1990s, Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. and faced off against Carmelo Reyes.^[3] Lopez wrestled mainly in the Guadalajara, Jalisco area where his family had moved a couple of years before.

El Sagrado[link]

The CMLL gave Lopez´s the name "El Sagrado", a new outfit including a mask with a silver cross on it and a storyline that claimed that he was the protoge of Fray Tormenta.^[5] After a strong debut Lopez soon found him lower in the cards, mainly because he did not meet the high expectations wrestling wise. Lopez himself claims that he was extremely nervous early on in his "El Sagrado" run and thus often failed to perform high risk moves correctly.^[6] In 2004 CMLL decided to quietly ignore El Sagrado's links to Fray Tormenta and introduct a new "Protoge of Fray Tormenta", Místico. Místico went on to become one of the biggest stars not just in Lucha libre but in wrestling.^[7] After finally get over his nerves and with further training El Sagrado began rising up the ranks again by 2005.

On October 7, 2005 Sagrado teamed up with Máximo and El Texano, Jr. to win the Mexican National Trios Championship from Pandilla Guerrera ("Gang of Warriors"; Doctor X, Nitro and Sangre Azteca).^[8] The trio defended the title five times including several defenses against various Pandilla Guerrera combinations of Doctor X, Nitro, Sangre Azteca, Arkangel de la Muerte and Misterioso, Jr..^[9] On April 24, 2007 the team lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween and Mr. Águila) when Texano, Jr. turned on his team mates and joined Los Perros del Mal.^[10] On June 10, 2007 Sagrado teamed with Rayman to defeat Los Junior Capos (Hijo de Cien Caras and Cien Caras, Jr.) to win the Occidente (Western) Tag Team Championship.^[11] On August 18, 2007 Sagrado became a double champion as he teamed up with Volador, Jr. and La Sombra to defeat Los Perros del Mal for the Mexican National Trios Championship.^[12] Sagrado's time as double champion lasted over a year, until Texano, Jr. and El Terrible defeated Sagrado and Rayman to win the Occidente Tag Team Championship.^[13] The trio of Sagrado, Volador, Jr. and La Sombra held the Mexican Trios title for 540 days, defending the title six times in that timeframe. On February 3, 2009 the newly formed Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca, Black Warrior and Dragón Rojo, Jr.) won the titles from Sagrado's team.^[14]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Diving Splash

• Signature moves

• Double jump plancha^[15]
• Hurracanrana, sometimes while springboarding

• Nicknames

• El Consentido de Fray Tormenta (Fray Tormenta's favorite)^[6]
• El Bendito del Ring

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• Mexican National Trios Championship (2 times) – with Máximo and El Texano, Jr. (1)^[8] and Volador, Jr. and La Sombra (1)^[12]

• CMLL Guadalajara

• Occidente Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rayman^[11]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #209 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2008^[16]

Luchas de Apuestas record[link]

References[link]