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The First

Mass in the
Philippines:
Masao
First Mass
DISCUSSION
March 31, 1951
Ferdinand Magellan
Father Pedro Valderamma
Rajah Colambu and Rajah Siaiu
MAZUA
Fr. Francisco Combes S.J.
Supporting Evidences
Butuan Claim
The First Mass
According to Pigafetta
•March 31, 1951,
•Easter Sunday
•It was Ferdinand Magellan who ordered
a mass to be celebrated.

According to Pigafetta
•Officiated by Father Pedro Valderamma
•Andalusian Chaplain
•The site of the first mass was on the island
of "Mazaua"
The First Mass
According to Pigafetta
•Rajah Colambu and Rajah Siaiu were
the first natives of the Archipelago to
attend the mass among other native
inhabitants.
The First Mass
According to Pigafetta
Pigafetta’s accounts described
“Mazaua” to be located near a river.

Historian Claims
This is why historians believed that
the mass was in butuan due to the
location being by the mouth of
agusan river in butuan.
The First Mass
Catholic Church
Historians such as Fr. Francisco
Combes S.J, propagated the belief
that Butuan was the site of the first
mass.

Fr. Francisco Combes S.J,


He is a Jesuit missionary and
historian that identified the Masao
claim, His narrative was perpetuated
for centuries.
Supporting Evidences
1 Diary of Antonio Pigafetta and the
Chronicles of Magellan’s Voyage

2 Supporters of the Butuan theory argue


that Masao located at the mouth of the
Agusan river in Butuan fits this
description better than limasawa which
is a small islandwithout a significant
river system.
Supporting Evidences
It is also argued that Magellan’s fleet would
3 have arrived in the Butuan area sooner than
in Limasawa. based on sailing routes and
wind patterns in the region.

4 Abundance of gold in the Agusan Valley.


The First Mass:
Masao
•Butuan Tradition
•Butuan claims upon a tradition that was
almost unanimous and unbroken for three
centuries, namely the 17th, 18th, and the
19th Century.

A monument was erected in 1872 as to


strenghten the tradition.
The First Mass:
Masao
• Father Francisco Collins, A historian.

• stated that, In his work Labor


Evangelica, he asserted that Magellan
went to butuan and there he
celebrated the first mass and planted
a cross.
The First Mass:
Masao
•Giovanni Battista Ramusio mention that a copy of
Pigafetta's Account was given to Louise of Savoy
whereareas that this manuscript was translated to
French by Jacques Fabre and imprinted by Simon
de Collins.

•In Historia de Mindanao y Jolo Written by


Francisco Combes S.J. Who worked as a missionary
in the Philippines states that Magellan went to
butuan because they heard the King there was more
powerful, and they wanted to meet him.
Butuan Claim
The first mass was really held in Butuan because this is
1 what written in the traditions of the Catholic Church
here in the Philippines and it was held on the island of
Masao in Butuan, Agusan Del Norte.

In 1872 Catholic placed a monument where the first


2 mass took place.

There were excavated balanghay boats that were used


3 by the Filipinos back then.
Q&A
Session
Thank
You

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