What is "magdalo"

Magdalo can refer to the following:

• Magdalo (Katipunan faction), a faction of the 19th century Philippine revolutionary group Katipunan.
• Magdalo (mutineers), a group of dissident soldiers in the Philippines during the 21st century.

The Magdalo faction of the Katipunan was a chapter in Cavite, mostly led by ilustrados of that province during the Philippine Revolution.

It was named after Mary Magdalene. It was officially led by Baldomero Aguinaldo, but his cousin Emilio Aguinaldo (whose own Katipunan codename was "Magdalo") was its most famous leader.

The Magdalo had a rivalry with the other Katipunan chapter in Cavite, the Magdiwang. When the Manila-based Katipunan leader Andres Bonifacio went to Cavite to mediate between them, the Magdalo argued for the replacement of the Katipunan by a revolutionary government. The Magdiwang initially backed Bonifacio's stance that the Katipunan already served as their government, but at the Tejeros Convention, both factions were combined into one government body under Emilio Aguinaldo.

The majority, if not all, of the civil and military officials of the First Philippine Republic came from this group.