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Santiago José Celis (1782 in
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– April 16, 1814 in
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,
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) was a
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physician who participated in the 1811 Independence Movement.


Biography

Celis was born into a Creole family. At a young age he moved to the Guatemalan capital to receive the best possible education of the time. In 1794 he enrolled at the Tridentino School. On the August 16, 1800 he received the rank of Bachelor of Medicine at the
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from which he received his master's degree, finally graduating on August 11–12, 1802. His master's degree was partly achieved by his essays and new ideas for the treatment and evolution of gangrenous inflammations. He married Ana Andrade Canes, a relative of
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. As a doctor he promoted the
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against
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in San Salvador. As a Creole he was aligned to the cause of the Independence of Central America from the colonial powers and joined the independence movement which reached a high on November 5, 1811 in the capital of San Salvador. Celis, active in the revolutionary movement against the Spanish domination, joined a further uprising on January 24, 1814. Two days later, Celis was captured and jailed in Fijo jail in San Salvador. He was incarcerated for almost three months but due to torture he received in prison, he died on April 16, 1814.


See also

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Marina Manzanares Monjarás Marina Manzanares Monjarás is a political activist in El Salvador. She has long been with the main opposition party Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional). On July 2, 2006, her parents Fr ...


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Biography of Celís
Salvadoran physicians Salvadoran activists People from Ahuachapán 1782 births 1814 deaths Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni Rebels from New Spain Physicians from New Spain {{physician-stub