Talibon

Talibon lies on the northern coast of Bohol, looking across the water towards Cebu and the islands of the Visayas. Fishing, farming and exchange supported its communities before the arrival of Spanish missionaries. After Jesuits established a mission on Bohol in 1596, their work spread to the northern coast; Talibon and Inabanga were served from Cebu, which was easier to reach by sea.

In 1744 Francisco Dagohoy withdrew to the hills after a priest refused Christian burial to his brother, who had been killed while pursuing an outlaw at Talibon. His followers maintained resistance in northern and interior Bohol for decades. The Jesuits left the Philippines in 1768, and their missions passed to the Augustinian Recollects. The revolt ended only in 1829, after a long period in which the island's interior remained outside effective Spanish control.