Site of the First Mass Part-1 Flashcards
When was Site of the first mass in the
Philippines?
The first Catholic Mass in the
Philippines was held on March 31,
1521 (Easter Sunday)
Where was the Site of the first mass in the
Philippines?
Southern Leyte (Limasawa)- known
as the birthplace of Christianity in
the Philippines
Who was the father that lead the Site of the first mass in the
Philippines?
Father Pedro de Valderrama
An Italian scholar and explorer who served
as Magellan’s assistant. A very important person who kept an
accurate journal about Magellan and Elcanos
voyage.
ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
What are the two books of Antonio Pigafetta
Relazione del primo viaggio intorno
al
mondo and Regole sull’arte del navigare
When was the monument built in
Butuan which they believed that it
was the site where the mass
happened.
1872
When people in Butuan asked
the Philippine Historical Committee
to rehabilitate the monument or
place a marker on it.
1953
Who claimed that the first mass
happened in Masao and used
Pigafetta’s diary as his basis.
Zaide
Who stated that the first
mass was celebrated in Limasawa not
in Butuan.
JAIME DE VEYRA
___also states
that Magellan did not go to Butuan
but from Limasawa to Cebu.
PABLO PASTELLS
Pilot of
Magellan’s flagship
FRANCISCO ALBO
Who agreed with
Pastells in a footnote that
“Mazaua” was actually Limasawa?
JAMES ROBERTSON
It was mentioned that the king came to their ship in a balanghai.
Butuan is now the site of at least nine excavated balanghai relics.
Diary of Antonio Pigafetta and the Chronicles of Magellan’s
Voyage.
A map in 1734, In that map, it
stated that Magellan and his men went to Butuan before going back to Limasawa and went to Cebu.
The Murillo Velarde Map
For three centuries the people of Butuan commemorates the
expedition’s arrival and the celebration of mass on April 8, 1521.
THE MARKER
In the account of Pigafetta, there was a mention about Baloto (boat)
with 8 men on board and there was also mention about the
Balanghai being full of men with the king sitting under an awning
of mats.
The presence of the Balanghai in the arrival of Magellan.
It is estimated to be around 800 years old. (Dimacali, GMA News, 2013).
The excavation of Balanghai in Brgy. Libertad.
They even called it, the mother boat’ which measured to be more or less 25 meters long..
Reports even said that boat # 9, as assigned by the Archeologists
who undertook the excavation of Balanghai in Butuan, has been
considered for now to be the largest boat.
The word _________as mentioned in the chronicle of Pigafetta
had been affirmed that there existed a long boat,
through the discovery of buried balanghais in Brgy. Libertad, near
Masao, Butuan City which has not been found in Limasawa.
BALANGHAI
“in this island, there is a great quantity of dogs, cats, pigs, fowls, and
goats, rice, ginger, cocos, figs, oranges, lemons, millet, wax, and gold
mines.”
Mazzaua (Masao) Island. Antonio Pigafetta wrote,
In the study of _______ (2002) the Manobo, the inhabitants of Agusan valley
(including Butuan – Masao) were engaged in logging. They were loggers. This
will point us back that there once a good forest in Butuan and Masao which
became a materials for their houses and boats (Baloto – Baroto).
ECOBEN
Butuan have at least three rivers what are they?
Masao River, Agusan Pequeno River and
the great Agusan river.
Who was the king of Zuluan and Calagan.
RAJAH CALAMBU
Who was the editor of the book, The Earliest Voyages round the
World (1519-1617), published by Cambridge, University Press in
1916 has this notes; Zuluan and Calagan represent Butuan and
Caraga in north-east of Mindanao (p. 204).
Philip Alexander
Surigao derives from Caraga which earlier referred to
as calagan meaning
“land of the brave” or “fierce people”.
