17/10/2025 FTS 02.30 Venezuela historical archives preserve the life and memory of Jose Gregorio Hernandez the academic chroniclers, scholars, etc., keep the memory alive. teleSUR
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00:00The chroniclers of Jose Gregorio have been fundamental in bringing his life and woe to us today.
00:09There are academic chroniclers, scholars, but also popular ones,
00:13those who in ISNUTU itself keep the memory alive. Let's see.
00:21Here are stored invaluable materials on the life of Jose Gregorio Hernández.
00:25These historical archives are so delicate that we must review them with extreme care.
00:29His writings in El Cojo Ilustrado and his publications in La Gaceta Médica
00:33are just some of the sources that historians and expert chroniclers frequently consult.
00:46In the distance, this man catches our attention.
00:48He has been looking through documents for hours, and when he hears us talking about Jose Gregorio, he comes over.
00:55And I have the photo of that street, and the current photo.
00:58He is referring to the Amadores corner where Jose Gregorio was run over.
01:04Rafael invites us to his workplace. He has been researching the blessed man for years.
01:09Of course, he is also from Trujillo, and we have had this incredible coincidence in the middle of Caracas.
01:14There are many works by Jose Gregorio, but from a religious perspective, I want to make it clear that I am a believer.
01:23I am a religious, I am a Catholic.
01:25So I focused on the part of Jose Gregorio's studies, on his academic involvement, his activity as a university professor.
01:35The fascination that the life and work of Jose Gregorio awakens in these chroniclers has been key to the collective memory.
01:46It doesn't matter if it's in the great literary halls or in the village newsletters.
01:50Rafael is a natural researcher and calls himself the chronicler of Tukutuku, after the magical mountain that rises up in his land.
01:58Pen and letter from Jose Gregorio addressed to the rector. Application for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, it is here. Here is the photograph from when he graduated.
02:09Jose Gregorio studied medicine at the Central University of Venezuela. There, Dr. Giacopini leads a special lecture series on Jose Gregorio.
02:22Show not the saint, but show that man, that source of inspiration, and through that image.
02:30Through the media, we will continue to convey who he was, the root, the news. There, the life of Gregorio is disclosed.
02:43His different facets, all his facets as a doctor, as a student, as a musician, as a writer.
02:55Far from academia, but not less passionate, El Goyo walks the same street as Jose Gregorio, telling his story.
03:02I don't consider myself a popular chronicler, but I was labeled a popular columnist because I really like the story of Gregorio, which is very beautiful, just like my namesake.
03:13Ahorita habló un padre que se llama Jose Gregorio.
03:16Goyo no puede parar de hablar de Jose Gregorio.
03:18Goyo can stop talking about Jose Gregorio. His passion bursts forth as he recalls his time as an altar boy with Father Prudencio Baños, founder of the Jose Gregorio Shrine in Isnotu, and from whom he learned much of what he knows today.
03:31When I start talking about Gregorio, so many things I have read about him come to mind. At least these days he was talking, we were very far ahead.
03:41No way, El Goyo is like a modern jogger, full of life stories to tell. Listen to this excerpt from the documentary in his own voice describing the funeral of Jose Gregorio Hernandez.
03:56There were 100,000 inhabitants in Caracas at the time, which is about the size of a parish today.
04:03100,000 inhabitants and 35,000 shouted, Gregorio, our saint, we want to carry you. Poor, rich, slow, ignorant, wise, educated.
04:11They buried him on June 30, 1919, at 9.30 p.m. with torches because they didn't want to put him in a hearse.
04:17The people of Gomez thought it was a civil revolt because the population snatched the coffin from the people of the Central Cathedral to the university campus.
04:23Gomez ordered the university campus to be open quickly due to the irreparable loss of doctor and professor Gregorio.
04:28He hopes to finish his studies at UNEFA soon, and if accepted, he will write his thesis on Jose Gregorio, of course, from the streets of Isnotu to formal academia,
04:44perhaps another favor granted by the blessed man who will soon be a saint.
04:48Paola Dragnik, Luciani Gómez y Gustavo Flores, Isnotu, Telesur.
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