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Justo Claudio Fojas
A Filipino priest and Ilocano writer from the late 19th century, remembered for devotional works and other writings in Iloko. His surviving books offer a glimpse into the literary and religious life of his time.
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Trisagio Quen Carcararag
by Justo Claudio Fojas
About the author
Justo Claudio Fojas was an Ilocano secular priest and writer associated with 19th-century Ilocano literature. Sources available online describe him as a contemporary of Leona Florentino and credit him with writing novenas, prayer books, catechism, metrical romances, dramas, biographies, a Spanish grammar, and an Iloko–Spanish dictionary.
One of his best-known surviving works is Trisagio Quen Carcararag, an Iloko devotional text first published in 1897. Catalog and library records also show his name on Pacasaritaan ti panagbiag ni Doctor José Rizal, a biographical work on José Rizal in Ilocano.
Detailed biographical information about his life is limited in the sources I could confirm, so this overview focuses on the parts of his literary record that are clearly documented. Even from that partial record, he stands out as a versatile religious and literary figure in early Filipino regional writing.