Padre Salvi

**Padre Salvi** was the town curate of San Diego and the successor of Padre Damaso. Possessing a rivalry with the town's alferez, he later orchestrated the downfall of Crisostomo Ibarra, manipulating the townspeople in the process.

## History

### Early History

Around the 1880s, Padre Salvi was assigned town curate of San Diego, gaining great influence over the townspeople. During this time, he also struggled for control over the town with the alferez of the Guardia Civil. At some point, he began lusting after Capitan Tiago's beautiful daughter, Maria Clara. Around this time, he also discovered Padre Damaso's letters to Maria Clara's mother, Doña Pia, learning that Padre Damaso was in fact Maria Clara's real father.

### Ibarra's Return

On All Saints' Day, 1881, Padre Salvi was walking along near the town's cemetery when he was accosted by Ibarra at the gate, the young man demanding an accountability on the exhumation and transfer of his father Don Rafael Ibarra's body. Frightened, Padre Salvi denied any involvement, stating that he was only new in the town, but revealed that his predecessor, Padre Damaso, was responsible for such act. Later on, Padre Salvi along with the sacristan mayor presumably killed Crispin over his alleged theft of two gold pieces from the church coffers.

Later on, he was invited by Ibarra to a picnic in the woods, which he accepted ostensibly as a gesture of good faith. On the way to the picnic, Padre Salvi spied on Maria Clara and her friends bathing in the river.

When Ibarra began making efforts to establish a school in San Diego, Padre Salvi conspired to have him killed. To this end, he had the derrick operator drop the cornerstone on Ibarra during the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Ibarra's school, only for the plan to be foiled by Elias.

### Change of Plans

Sometime after Ibarra was excommunicated by Padre Damaso, Padre Salvi watched a play with Maria Clara, her friends and Don Filipo. When Ibarra tried to join them, Padre Salvi had Don Filipo prohibit him from watching. Later on, the derrick operator's brother, Lucas, approached Padre Salvi for money; he then concocted another plan, this time with the goal of implicating Ibarra in a revolt.

Soon after, Padre Salvi pretended to warn the alferez of the impending attack in order to appear to be the town's hero. The attack then went as planned, with Ibarra being implicated and later supposedly killed while being chased by the Guardia Civil.

### Continued Power

At some point, Padre Salvi was assigned to a ministerial position at the Sta. Clara convent. Thirteen years later, Padre Salvi continued to be part of the country's prominent figures. While watching the supposed Sphinx at the American Mr. Leeds' show, Padre Salvi was nervous as the Sphinx told a story similar to Ibarra's, fainting when the Sphinx called him out.

Later on during the wedding reception of Juanito Pelaez and Paulita Gomez, Padre Salvi was alarmed by the handwriting the guests found in a note placed inside a lamp given by the jeweler Simoun; recognizing it as the dead Ibarra's handwriting, Padre Salvi caused the guests to panic.

## References

1. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 11
2. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 24
3. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 60
4. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 13
5. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 17
6. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 22
7. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 24
8. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 32
9. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 40
10. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 43
11. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 55
12. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 54
13. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 55
14. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 62
15. ↑ Noli Me Tangere - Chapter 64
16. ↑ El Filibusterismo - Chapter 18
17. ↑ El Filibusterismo - Chapter 35