# Don Filipo Lino — Noli Me Tangere character guide

> Don Filipo Lino in Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Don Filipo

**First appearance:** 0016-ix-local-affairs

## Snapshot

San Diego's teniente-mayor and leader of the liberal faction, a man who honors the father on account of the son and believes each should answer for his own deeds.

## Who they are

Don Filipo hosts the town's freethinkers in his home, where Old Tasio lectures on purgatory and Don Filipo counters with scholastic Latin. As teniente-mayor he holds office without real power, caught between the gobernadorcillo's conservatism and his own convictions. He represents the fragile possibility of reform from within — a man of principle in a system designed to reward obedience, and his quiet courage in honoring Don Rafael's memory foreshadows the cost of such decency.

## In the story

### [XIV: Tasio: Lunatic or Sage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xiv-tasio-lunatic-or-sage)

The teniente-mayor and liberal leader who invites Tasio into his home and engages in discussion about purgatory.

### [The Meeting in the Town Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xx-the-meeting-in-the-town-hall)

The teniente-mayor and leader of the liberal faction who strategically presents the conservatives' plan to get it rejected, but ultimately fails as the gobernadorcillo imposes a simple religious celebration.

### [In the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xxiv-in-the-wood)

Explains Sisa's condition and criticizes the alferez and gobernadorcillo for their inaction regarding her sons.

### [The Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xxix-the-morning)

Defends his views on the fiesta but is troubled by Old Tasio's advice to resign.

### [Comments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xxxv-comments)

Defends Ibarra and criticizes the cowardice and selfishness of the people.

### [Right and Might](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xl-right-and-might)

Defended Ibarra's right to be at the fiesta; tried to maintain order during the Civil Guard's disruption; appealed to Ibarra for help in restraining the crowd.

### [Il Buon Dí Si Conosce Da Mattina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/liii-il-buon-d-si-conosce-da-mattina)

Visits Old Tasio to discuss his resignation and the state of the town, receiving advice about the coming strife.

### [Rumors and Beliefs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/lvi-rumors-and-beliefs)

Reported arrested, adding to the confusion about the night's events.

### [The Accursed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/lviii-the-accursed)

Arrested and bound, greets his wife Doray with a smile as he is taken away.

### [Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/lxiii-christmas-eve)

Converses with Capitan Basilio about the town's misfortunes and the burning of books.

## Links

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