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    This document examines the evidence for the site of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines in 1521. It discusses accounts placing the event in both Butuan and Limasawa island, and analyses evidence such as geographical details, witness accounts, and archaeological findings. Recent evidence from a National Historical Commission investigation concluded that Limasawa island is the original site, based on studies of historical logs and journals. The Commission passed a resolution in 2019 designating Limasawa as the official location of the first mass in the Philippines.

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    This document examines the evidence for the site of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines in 1521. It discusses accounts placing the event in both Butuan and Limasawa island, and analyses evidence such as geographical details, witness accounts, and archaeological findings. Recent evidence from a National Historical Commission investigation concluded that Limasawa island is the original site, based on studies of historical logs and journals. The Commission passed a resolution in 2019 designating Limasawa as the official location of the first mass in the Philippines.

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    This document examines the evidence for the site of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines in 1521. It discusses accounts placing the event in both Butuan and Limasawa island, and analyses evidence such as geographical details, witness accounts, and archaeological findings. Recent evidence from a National Historical Commission investigation concluded that Limasawa island is the original site, based on studies of historical logs and journals. The Commission passed a resolution in 2019 designating Limasawa as the official location of the first mass in the Philippines.

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    READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

    WEEK 10: THE SITE OF THE FIRST MASS IN THE PHILIPPINE

    (A REEXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE BY: MIGUEL A. BERNAD)

    FIRST MASS  The geographical feature


     Bonfire
     According to Pigafetta, the first mass  Balanghai
    happened on March 31, 1521 which is  House
    Eastern Sunday on Southern Leyte.  Abundance of Gold
     Father Pedro de Valderrama held the  Developed settlement
    mass and The Rajah of Mazaua and
    Rajah of Butuan were present. POSSIBLE WITNESS:
     After the mass party, a cross was planted
     Gines de Mafra-Ambrosiana Codex
    on a summit of a little hill. The First Mass
    marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in RECENT EVIDENCES
    the Philippines.
     1976-BCHFI’s 28 new gathered evidences
    WHY IN BUTUAN: and 10 newly discovered balanghai boats in
    BUTUAN TRADITION: THE 3 CENTURY TRADITION Masao River
    THE MONUMENT ERECTED NEAR THE MOUTH OF  Statement of Gregorio ZaidE
    AGUSAN RIVER WHICH HAS AN INSCRIPTION  Archaeologist examining the coordinates
     Yale Codex
    - To the Immortal Magellan: the People of
    Butuan with their Parish Priest and the CONCLUSION
    Spaniards resident therein, to
    commemorate his arrival and the  Mazaua is located 9 and 1/3 latitude, south
    celebration of the First Mass on this site on of Seylani which is 10 latitude. This could
    the 8th of April 1521. Erected in 1872, under mean that it can be nearly located Butuan
    the District Governor Jose Ma. Carvallo. City or in the municipality of Agusan del
    - The date of the First Mass may be an error Norte.
    due to the use of Gregorian Calendar in the
    WHY IN LIMASAWA:
    translation of the original date
    - Labor Evangelista (Father Francisco  Limasawa is a small island now occupied by
    Colin)- The First Mass, Solemn planting of the province of Leyte
    the cross and the formal taking possession  Historically important because Ferdinand
    of the Islands in the name of the Crown of Magellan left after first landing and resting in
    Castile happened in Butuan on Easter Homonhon in March 1521
    Sunday of 1521.
    - Historia de Mindanao y Jolo (Father IMPORTANT EVENTS TOOK IN LIMASAWA
    ISLAND:
    Francsico Combes)- Magellan landed on
    Butuan and planted the cross in a solemn • Ferdinand Magellan’s alliance with Raha
    ceremony. Information about the First Mass Kulambu
    is not mentioned.
    • The First Mass
    - Colin and Combes both pictured that
    Magellan visited Butuan and Limasawa. • According to Francisco Albo’s
    account, he didn’t mention the First
    SUPPORTING EVIDENCES
    Mass in the Philippines but only the
     Name of the Place planting of the cross.
     The exception traveled to 20 to 25 leagues
    WITNESS
    from Homonhon, the first landing point
     The latitude position
     Antonio Pigafetta wrote Mazaua as the
    name of the island.

    SUPPORTING EVIDENCES

     The evidence of Albo’s Logbook 1


     The evidence of Pigafetta
     Summary of Evidence of Albo and Pigafetta
     Confirmatory evidence from Legazpi
    Expedition
     Monograph by Fr.Bernard in 1981
     Study of William Henry Scott in 1982

    RECENT EVIDENCES

     RA 2733

    CONCLUSION

     Limasawa is the original site of the First


    Catholic Mass in the Philippines, according
    to a 2 year study of National Historical
    Commission in the Philippines (NHCP}.
    (August 24,2019. ABS CBN News)

    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2733

     An Act to Declare the Site in Magallanes,


    Limasawa Island in the Province of Leyte,
    Where the First Mass in the Philippines
     The NHCP Board of Commissioners signed
    Resolution No. 2 last July 15 adopting the
    report submitted by the investigating panel
    on the issue surrounding the 1521 Easter
    Sunday Mass in the Philippines
     The national historical commission also
    studied the 1895 journal articles of
    historians Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and
    Pablo Pastells, SJ, which revisited
    Pigafetta’s accounts and emphasized that
    Limasawa, not Butuan, as the site of the
    first Catholic mass in the country.

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