sentences:  Apolinario de la Cruz was born on July 22, 1815 in Barrio Pandác in the town of Lucban in Tayabas province (now Quezon Province) back when the Philippines was a colony of the Spanish Empire.His parents—Pablo de la Cruz and Juana Andres—were peasants and devout Catholics.Apolinario de la Cruz was literate, but stated that he had no formal education.