Site of the First Mass Flashcards
“On March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday, Friar __________ celebrated mass together with Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his men.
Pedro Valderrama
the ruler of Mazawa,
spaniards
ruler of Butuan.
Rajah Siaias, and his brother Rajah Colambu,
they planted a cross on the highest hill and stayed in the area for ______ days and helped in the rice harvest for ___ days together with more than a hundred of the Rajah’s men.”
7
2
Local historians in Butuan believed that the first site of the Catholic mass took place in
mazawa now called masao
Local historian and president of the Butuan City Heritage Society (BCHS) ________ _________ said that the “honor” belongs to the City of Butuan and not in Leyte.
Greg Hontiveros
curator of Butuan Diocesan Liturgical Museum
Father Joesilo Conalla,
Another piece of evidence to prove that the first Catholic site was held somewhere in Butuan and not in Limasawa Island was the historical account of __________., a local historian and writer.
Joelito Monzon Ramirez Jr
Pigafetta recorded today’s Limasawa as
Gatighan Island, between Bohol and Panaon south of Leyte.
The name Limasawa appeared only in 1667, _________, by Combes.
Historia de Mindanao
They went to Mazawa from Suluan by sailing, as recorded, ______
downwards-west
From
Suluan,
Limasawa can be reached by sailing
northwest
_________was believed to be the site of the first Mass for three centuries, culminating in the erection of a monument in 1872 near _______, which commemorates the expedition’s arrival and celebration of Mass on _______
Butuan
Agusan River
8 April 1521.
Historians generally refer to _____ in identifying the site of the first Mass.
two primary sources
a pilot of one of Magellan’s ships, Trinidad. He was one of the 18 survivors who returned with Juan Sebastian Elcano onboard the vessel Victoria after they circumnavigated the world.
francisco albo
In ____ account, the location of Mazava fits that of the island of Limasawa, at the ________
Albo’s
southern tip of Leyte, 9 degrees 54 minutes north.
Jesuit priest __________, in his work Butuan or Limasawa:
The Site of the First Mass in the Philippines: A Reexamination of Evidence (1981),
Miguel A. Bernad
Jesuit priest Miguel A. Bernad, in his work ________,
Butuan or Limasawa:
The Site of the First Mass in the Philippines: A Reexamination of Evidence (1981)
Pigafetta account, a crucial aspect of Butuan was not mentioned-_____
the river
But note that this account _______ after Magellan’s death, and the Catholic Mass should have occurred even before the Battle of Mactan.
already happened
