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  2. Napoleon Abueva - Wikipedia

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    Born Esabelio Veloso Abueva, he was named after the younger sister of his paternal grandmother, Isabel. [3] He assumed the name Napoleon at the age of six, when as a student at the St. Joseph Academy in Tagbilaran, one of the nuns first called him Napoleon after Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck, and ever since, Abueva referenced the quote ...

  3. Urdaneta Park Landmark Monument - Wikipedia

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    Sculptors Napoleon Abueva and Abdulmari Imao, landscape artist Ildefonso Santos and writer Alejandro Roces where involved in the creation of the monument. All four are already recognized as National Artists of the Philippines at the time of the monument's conception.

  4. Las Piñas Church - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Padre Diego Cera by Napoleon Abueva. The local parish houses the world-renowned Bamboo Organ. A statue of its first parish priest, Diego Cera de la Virgen del Carmen, can be found a few meters in front of its belfry. The statue was a commissioned work of National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva. It was inaugurated on July 27 ...

  5. Name change - Wikipedia

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    Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened ...

  6. Abueva - Wikipedia

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    Abueva is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Calvin Abueva (born 1988), Filipino basketball player; José Abueva (1928–2021), Filipino political scientist and scholar; Napoleon Abueva (1930–2018), National Artist of the Philippines

  7. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The cross depicting both a suffering and a risen Christ and the marble altar are the handiwork of Napoleon Abueva. The floor mural, executed in terazzo and radiating from the altar, is by Arturo Luz. This floor mural is also called the "River of Life". Fernando Zobel de Ayala had studies to fill the outer wall with calligraphic interpretations ...

  8. List of politically motivated renamings - Wikipedia

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    Little penguin is the more commonly used name internationally, so any change is more likely to reflect consistency rather than political correctness. Other organisations have also shifted to "Little Penguin" for other (also apolitical) reasons: A spokesman for Phillip Island Nature Park stated that their motivation to instead use "Little ...

  9. Mount Samat National Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The outer side is covered with 19 high relief sculptures by National Artist Napoleon Abueva, and alternates depictions of the war with 18 bronze insignia of USAFFE Division units by Talleres de Maximo Vicente, Leonides Valdez, and Angel Sampra and Sons. [5] Each bronze insignia has a flagstaff for the flags of each division. [8]