PHILHIS FIRST MASS CONTROVERSY

1491, Vicenza, Republic of Venice, 39-40, 1531

Antonio Pigafetta

Around ______ when he was born at ______, __________ or was known now as Italy and died at the age of _______ around _____

astronomy, geography, cartography

Antonio Pigafetta

He studied ____, ____, and _____

Antonio Pigafetta

An Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice

Antonio Pigafetta

He travelled with the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew on their First Voyage around the world

18, 1522

Antonio Pigafetta

He was one of the _____ men who returned to Spain in _____

March 31, 1521, Eastern Sunday

The first Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on ____(____)

Father Pedro de Valderrama

the First Mass was initiated by______

Southern Leyte

Site of the First Mass was located in ______

Site of the First Mass

popularly known as the birthplace of the Church in the Philippines

Holy First Mass

marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines.

March 31, 1521, Mazaua

On ________ the first mass in the Philippines was happened in "_______."

R.A. No. 2733, Magallanes

declared Barangay ______ in Limasawa, Southern Leyte as the site of the first mass

Dr. Sonia M. Zaide

presented evidences that the site of the first mass was not in Limasawa but in Masao, Butuan, Agusan del Norte.

Masao, Butuan, Agusan del Norte

Dr. Sonia M. Zaide presented evidences that the site of the first mass was not in Limasawa but in ______

Maximillian Transylvanus, De Moluccis..., 1523, Messana

The site of the first mass was first mentioned by _________ on his "_________" in ___ because he interviewed the survivors of Magellan expedition.

The survivors mentioned that they landed in "____" where the first mass was officiated.

Jaime de Veyra

stated that the first mass was celebrated in Limawasa not in Butuan.

Pablo Pastells

stating by the footnote to Francisco Colin's Labor Evangelica that Magellan did not go to Butuan but from Limasawa to Cebu.

Francisco Colin, Labor Evangelica

Historian Pablo Pastells stating by the footnote to ________'s _______ that Magellan did not go to Butuan but from Limasawa to Cebu.

Francisco Albo

pilot of Magellan's flagship

Francisco Albo

does not mention the first mass but he writes that they erected a cross on a mountain which overlooked three islands the west and the southwest.

James Robertson

agreed with Pastells in a footnote that "Mazua" was actually Limasawa.

Pigafetta, Butuan

In the authentic account of ______, the port was not in ____ but an island named Mazaua (Masawa)

Father Bernard

studied all the Pigafetta's maps, which place in Mazaua off the southern tip of the larger island of Leyte, a check with the modern maps will show that this jibes with Limasawa and not Masao or Butuan

Carlo Amoretti, 1800, Ambrosiana Library

_______(______) of _______ said that Mazaua where Magellan landed before and the Limasawa mentioned by Fr. Francisco Combes are the same.

Fr. Francisco Combes

Carlo Amoretti (1800) of Ambrosiana Library said that Mazaua where Magellan landed before and the Limasawa mentioned by _____________ are the same.

Fr. Pablo Pastells, Dr. Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera, Jaime de Veyra, James Robertson

Limasawa was supported by ____, _____, ______,_______ and_____

Fr. Francisco Colin

wrote a book about the spread of Christianity in the Philippines but could not exactly determine the site,

Antonio Herrera, Andres San Martin

Fr. Francisco Colin wrote a book about the spread of Christianity in the Philippines but could not exactly determine the site, but he based in "Limasawa" claim because of the writings of ______ who based his writings to _______ that the site was in "Mazaua"

Fr. Francisco Colin, Dimasaua, Fr. Francisco Combes, Historia de Mindanao, 1667

Limasawa became part of Magellan's expedition because of the writings of ________ (_______) and _________ (Limasawa on his "________... in ____)

Gines de Mafra, 1521, 1543

The eyewitness account for the issue was the accounts of ______ (mariner who reached Mazaua twice; _____ and ____)

1872

A monument to commemorate the site of first mass on the Philippines was erected in Butuan,

1953, Philippine Historical Committee

On ___ The people in Butuan asked the ___________ to rehabilitate the monument or place a marker on the site.

marble slab

The monument was re-erected but the _____ stating it was the site of first mass was removed.

Dr. Sonia M. Zaide

________ identified Masao in Butuan as the location of the first mass. The basis their claim is the diary of Antonio Pigafetta, chronicle of Magellan's voyage

Gian Battista Ramusio, 1536

_____(_____) wrote a chronicle about the voyage of Magellan where he insisted Butuan as the site of the first mass

four

Sonia Zaide pointed-out the ff.:

As the place called "Mazaua," Limasawa has ____ syllables and begins with another letter, while Masao has conclusive syllable.

3miles,

Sonia Zaide pointed-out the ff.:

The expedition traveled 20-25 leagues (1 league = _____) from Homonhon. If they had been to Limasawa, the distance is only 14.6 leagues.

35

Sonia Zaide pointed-out the ff.

The distance to Cebu from Mazaua based on Pigafetta was ___ leagues (140 miles). The distance from Limasawa to Cebu is only 80 miles.

Balanghai, nine

Sonia Zaide pointed-out the ff.

Rajah of Mazaua came to their ship in a "_______", now, Butuan is a site for atleast _____ excavated relics. Limasawa was no significant relics found.

gold,

Sonia Zaide pointed-out the ff.

Mazaua has abundance of ____, now Agusan Valley had abundance of it while Limasawa doesn't have.

Gines de Mafra

mentioned that Magellan's group reached Mindanao. Mazaua is 45. n.m. south of Surigao, a perfect harbor during Northeast monsoon.

Pinamangculan, Dalindingan

As drawn by Pigafetta, Mazaua has two hilly areas; ___________ and ____________ where many rice, coconut and fruits.

Francisco Albo, Antonio Pigafetta, route, map, two, seven, argument

For Limasawa:

1. The evidence of _____’s Log-Book

2. The Evidence of _________

a) Pigafetta's testimony regarding the _____;

b) The evidence of Pigafetta's ____

c) The ___ native kings.

d) The _____ days at "Mazaua"

e) An _____ from omission

Legazpi

For Limasawa:

3. Summary of the evidence of Albo and Pigafetta.

4. Confirmatory evidence from the ________ expedition.

name, route, latitude, geographical

Evidences for Masao

1. The _____ of the place

2. The ____ from Homonhon

3. The _____ position

4. The __________ features

1324, Fray Odorico Pordenone, Friuli, Bolinao, Pangasinan

A marker claims that in _____, _________ from ____, Italy officiated the first Catholic mass in the country in ________(location not the church)

Saint James the Great Church

Church that has a marker that claims that in 1324, Fray Odorico Pordenone from Friuli, Italy officiated the first Catholic mass in the country