Lieutenant-General Pantaleón Villegas y Soldi (July 27, 1873 – April 8, 1898) better known as León Kilat (  "Lightning Lion " in Cebuano), was a Filipino revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. He was born in Bacong, Negros Oriental, to Policarpio Villegas and Doña Úrsula Soldi. His grandparents were Pedro Villegas, a Spaniard, and Dorotea Vergara, a daughter of a  capitán of Vallehermoso . In 1895, Pantaleón Villegas worked at  Botica Antigua located in the corner of Calle del Palacio and Calle Legazpi (Burgos and Legazpi) . It was a well-known drugstore frequented by many townsfolk. With him were Ciriaco Murillo and Eulogio Duque who told the writer Manuel Enríquez de la Calzada that Pantaleón actually used the name "Eulogio", instead of Pantaleón. Because there were two Eulogios working in the drugstore, the owner decided to call him "León" instead. The reason for him using the name "Eulogio" is not URL Villegas did not stay long at Botica Antigua. He transferred to a bakery in Pahina ( Página  ). From there he moved on to a circus on its way to Manila. The circus happened to be owned by a katipunero. It was there that he was recruited into the secret society of the Katipunan. During the rebellion against Spain, Pantaleón Villegas led the revolutionaries in Cebu. Initially intending to begin the rebellion on an Easter Sunday, he was forced to change his plans when the Spaniards discovered the planned revolt. Pantaleón Villegas and his men began the rebellion in Cebu. 05:00 The rebels drove the Spanish forces into Fort San Pedro and took control of Cebu City. When the Spanish gunboat Maria Cristina opened fire, the rebels retreated to the Chinese quarter of Lutao. On 8 April 1898, Good Friday, in Carcar, Cebu, Pantaleón Villegas was betrayed and stabbed to death by Apolinario Alcuitas, his aide-de-camp. The town of Bacong in Negros Oriental honours Pantaleón Villegas with a statue in its plaza erected in 1926. On July 27, 2008, the 135th anniversary of Pantaleón Villegas' s birth, the Philippine National Historical Institute provided a historical marker in his honour to municipal and provincial officials of his hometown.
Lieutenant-General Pantaleón Villegas y Soldi (July 27, 1873 – April 8, 1898) , better known by his nom-de-guerre León Kilat ( literally "Lightning Leo " in Cebuano), was a Filipino revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. He was born in Bacong, Negros Oriental, to Policarpio Villegas and Doña Úrsula Soldi. His grandparents were Pedro Villegas, a Spaniard, and Dorotea Vergara, the daughter of a Vallehermoso capitán . In 1895, Villegas worked at the Botica Antigua located in the corner of Calle del Palacio (today Burgos St.) and Calle Legazpi . It was a well-known drugstore frequented by many townsfolk. With him were Ciriaco Murillo and Eulogio Duque who told the writer Manuel Enríquez de la Calzada that Villegas actually used the name "Eulogio", instead of Pantaleón. Because there were two Eulogios working in the drugstore, the owner decided to call him "León" instead. The reason for him using the name "Eulogio" is not URL Villegas did not stay long at Botica Antigua. He transferred to a bakery on Calle Página (today Pahina St. ). From there he moved on to a circus on its way to Manila. The circus happened to be owned by a katipunero. It was there that he was recruited into the secret society of the Katipunan. During the rebellion against Spain, Villegas led the revolutionaries in Cebu. Initially intending to begin the rebellion on Easter Sunday, he was forced to change his plans when the Spaniards discovered the planned revolt. Villegas and his men began the rebellion in Cebu. 05:00 The rebels drove the Spanish forces into Fort San Pedro and took control of Cebu City. When the Spanish gunboat María Cristina opened fire, the rebels retreated to the Chinese quarter of Lutao. On 8 April 1898, Good Friday, in Carcar, Cebu, Villegas was betrayed and stabbed to death by Apolinario Alcuitas, his aide-de-camp. The town of Bacong in Negros Oriental honours Villegas with a statue in its plaza erected in 1926. On July 27, 2008, the 135th anniversary of Villegas' birth, the Philippine National Historical Institute provided a historical marker in his honour to municipal and provincial officials of his hometown.
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