First Mass Site

Question 1

was a pilot of the Magellan expedition

Answer 1

Franciso Albo

Question 2

The NHI cited the
_______________, who chronicled the expedition of
Ferdinand Magellan, as “the only credible primary source that yields the best evidence of the celebration of the first Christian Mass on
Philippine soil.

Answer 2

memoirs of Antonio Pigafetta

Question 3

16 March 1521: they sailed to the west from

Answer 3

Ladrones

Question 4

On the same day, they went to an uninhabited island of “______” where they collected
supplies of wood and water.

Answer 4

Gada

Question 5

Albo’s “Gada” = Pigafetta’s “acquada” or “Homonhon”.

Answer 5

Seilani = Leyte

Question 6

Rajah of Mazaua: ______, and Rajah of Butuan: _______ was a visitor
at Mazaua

Answer 6

Raia Siaui, Raia Colambu

Question 7

Only the survivors of Magellan’s expedition went to Butuan (in other words, they
went only after _________).

Answer 7

Magellan’s death

Question 8

________________ (press secretary of former president Cory Aquino)
mentioned that Pigafetta never mentioned it was the “first” mass. (Butuan)

Answer 8

Teddy “Buddy” Gomez

Question 9

The position paper of the ______________ states that:
“Pigafetta invariably mentioned Mazaua in relation to Butuan.” (Butuan)

Answer 9

Butuan Historical Commission

Question 10

poses the hypothetical question: “Why should the
Spaniards call Masao, Masava?” (Limasawa)

Answer 10

Prof. Teodoro Agoncillo

Question 11

Mazaua lies at a latitude of

Answer 11

9 and two-third degrees North.

Question 12

the claim that the town hosted the first mass in the Philippines in
1324, or almost 200 years before Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived
in the country

Answer 12

Bolinao Church

Question 13

Franciscan missionaries led by an Italian priest named _______ took refuge in the
town during a typhoon and that he celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass in honor of the
safe journey of the mission. _______ also baptized natives during his brief stay in
Bolinao

Answer 13

Odorico

Question 14

The markers, which were put up in July 2007, were donated by Italian priest ____________, who hailed from Odorico’s hometown of Friuli, Italy

Answer 14

Luigi
Malamocco

Question 15

Butuan Claim
However, due to
a huge historical error (____________), it lost its
legitimacy, especially after the works of Pigafetta and Albo emerged

Answer 15

the date on the monument

Question 16

Magellan did not go to Butuan.
Rather, from the island of Limasawa, he
proceeded directly to Cebu. In that island,
he had dealings with Rajah Siagu, chieftain
of the Butuan; and this would explain the
author’s (i.e. Colin’s) error. See the “Voyage”
of Pigafetta and of Albo’s log, both of whom
were eyewitnesses.

Answer 16

Father Pablo Pastells S.J.

Question 17

> Fr. Francisco Colin S.J. (1663)
annotated by Fr. Pablo Pastells S.J.
after 240 years (in 1903).
* “…on Easter day, in the territory of
Butuan, the first mass ever offered in
these parts was celebrated and a
cross planted… the 7
th of April, the octave
of Easter.

Answer 17

Labor Evangelica

Question 18

Fr. Francisco Combes S.J. (1667)
> annotated by Wenceslao Retana after 230 years.
> the first mass was not mentioned.
• Some readers of Colin misread his work, causing historical errors in
other works, as well. One example is fray Juan de la Concepcion’s
History of the Philippines.

Answer 18

Historia de Mindanao y Jolo (History of Mindanao)