Apolinario Mabini was born to a poor family onJuly 23, 1864. His father was Inocencio Mabini, a Barangay Captain and his mother was Dionisia Maranan, a daughter of a village teacher.

During this early age, Mabini loved to study. He preferred reading books than playing. He excelled in their little barrio school.

Because of poverty, Mabini did not odd jobs to help his parents and send him to school. He finished law at the University of Santo Tomas.

Mabini became paralyzed in 1896. When Emilio Aguinaldo heared of Mabini's brilliant mind, he appointed him as his Cheif Adviser. Since then, the paralyzed Mabini was carried wherever Aguinaldo needed him.

Manini wrote the True Decalogue when Fil-Am war broke out. It inspired the Filipinos to fight and die for freedom's sake. He laid down the foundations of the First Philippine Republic earning for him the title "Brain of the Revolution."

In 1899,Mabini resigned as Aguinaldo's Adviser because of poor health. He was captured by the Americans and later exiled to Guam on January 7, 1901. He died of Cholera on May 13, 1903 at the age of 39.