Epifanio delos santos works

          Why is edsa named after epifanio delos santos.

          Many of us in the metropolis traverse this major thoroughfare almost daily, but do we really know the man who it was named for?  And did you know that he came from Malabon?


          WHO WAS EPIFANIO DE LOS SANTOS?    1/

          EPIFANIO DE LOS SANTOS was an eminent scholar, lawyer, writer, historian, art and literary critic, archivist, painter, musician, and patriot.

          Born in Malabon, Rizal on April 7, 1871, he was the only son of Don Escolastico de los Santos, a wealthy haciendero, and Dona Antonina Cristobal, an educated musician.
          EPIFANIO DE LOS SANTOS, 1871-1928 (Image taken from the Epifanio de los Santos website)  2/


          At age seven he was tutored by a private school teacher in Manila.  Then he enrolled at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, his father's Alma Mater.  He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Ateneo in 1890, graduating summa cum laude.  In 1898 he obtained his Licentiate in Law from the University of Santo