Chapter 3 about The site of the first mass

OBJECTIVE;
■Site of the First Mass
■Cavite Mutiny
■Retraction of Rizal
■Cry of Balintawak or
Pugadlawin

Antonio Pigafetta Francisco Albo
Who chronicled the expedition of
Ferdinand Magellan. He was one of
the 18 men who returned to Spain
in 1522
Pilot of Magellan's flagship. He was
also one of the 18 men who
returned to Spain in 1522

According to Pigafetta's
The site of the first mass was on the island of "Mazaua"
Easter Sunday, 31st of March 1521
Two native chieftains were in attendance: Rajah of Mazaua
and Rajah of Butuan,
After the mass, a wooden cross was planted on the hill
upon its summit

MASAO
The Butuan Tradition
➤Butuan claim rests upon a tradition that was
almost unanimous and unbroken for three
centuries, namely the 17th, 18th, and the 19th
century.
➤ The date given in the First Mass was April 8, 1521.
➤ A monument was erected in 1872 as to strengthen
the tradition

MASAO
"To the Immortal Magellan: the
People of Butuan with their Parish
Priest and the Spaniards resident
therein, to commemorate his
arrival and the celebration of the
First Mass on this site on the 8th
of April 1521. Erected in 1872,
under the District Governor Jose
Ma. Carvallo."

MASAO
17th Century
➤Father Francisco Colin S.J (Labor evangelica)
"On Easter Day, in the territory of Butuan, the first Mass ever
offered in these parts was celebrated and a cross planted."
➤Father Francisco Combes S.J (Historia de Mindanao y Jolo)
"Magellan landed at Butuan and there planted the cross in a
solemn ceremony."
Comparison of both accounts (Colin and Combes)

18th Century
➤ One passage in Colin which seems to have been
misunderstood, and misled some later writers.
Fray Juan de la Concepcion, one of the major
historians who made the error related to Colin.
MASAO

MASAO
19th Century
➤Fray Joaquin Martinez de Zuñiga (Historia de
Filipinas)
The Butuan tradition was taken for granted since
misstatements in the passages are numerous if
compared to the account of Pigafetta

SHIFT OF OPINION FROM MASAO
TO LIMASAWA
Emma Blair and James Alexander Robertson
Father Pablo Pastells S.J
➤ The rediscovery of Pigafetta's account and
Albo's log book are the reasons of the shift of
opinion.
. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and Jayme de Veyra

LIMASAWA EVIDENCES
1. The evidence of Pigafetta
a) Pigafetta's testimony regarding the route;
b) The evidence of Pigafetta's map;
c) The two native king;
d) The seven days at "Mazaua";
e) An argument from omission

LIMASAWA EVIDENCES
Ferdinand Magellan anchored off the
eastern shore of a small island called
Mazaua. There they stayed a week,
during which on Easter Sunday the
celebrated Mass and planted the cross on
the summit of the highest hill.

LIMASAWA EVIDENCES
The island of Mazaua lies at a latitude of nine
and two-thirds degrees North.
It is located on the south of Leyte, and its
latitude correspond to the position and latitude
of the island of Limasawa, whose southern top
lies at 9 degrees and 54 minutes North.

From the island of Mazaua, the expedition sailed
northwestwards through the Canigao channel between
Bohol and Leyte, then northwards parallel to the eastern
coast of this latter island, then they sailed westward to
the Camotes Group and from there southwestwards to
Cebu.
No point in that itinerary did the expedition of Magellan
go to Butuan. The survivors of the expedition did go to
Mindanao later, but after Magellan's death.
LIMASAWA EVIDENCES

Pilots of the Legazpi Expedition
understood that Mazaua was an island
near Leyte and Panaon; Butuan was
on the island of Mindanao. The two
were different places and in no wise
identical
LIMASAWA EVIDENCES

The most complete and reliable account of the Magellan expedition into
Philippine shores in 1521 is that of Antonio Pigafetta which is deemed as
the only credible primary source of reports on the celebration of the first
Christian Mass on Philippine soil.
James Robertson's English translation of the original Italian manuscript of
Pigaffeta's account is most reliable for being ''faithful' to the original text
as duly certified by the University of the Philippines' Department of
European Language.
Pigafetta's Mazaua, the site of the first Christian Mass held on Philippine
soil, is an island lying off the southwestern tip of Leyte.
LIMASAWA EVIDENCES

ANAIZ, J. (2000, APRIL 15). FIRST MASS CONTROVERSY: IT'S LIMASAWA.
RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://FIRSTCIRCUMNAVIGATOR.TRIPOD.COM/LIMASAWA.HTM
BERNAD, M. A., (2002). BUTUAN OR LIMASAWA: THE SITE OF THE FIRST MASS
IN THE PHILIPPINES: A REEXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE. RETRIEVED
FROM
HTTPS://JOURNALS.ATENEO.EDU/OJS/INDEX.PHP/BUDHI/ARTICLE/VIE
W/582/579.
BLAIR, E., ROBERTSON, J. (1906). THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS VOL. ΧΧΧΙΙΙ 1519-
1522. RETRIEVED FROM
WWW.GUTENBERG.ORG/FILES/42884/42884-H/42884-H.HTM
REFERENCE

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