WHERE DID THE FIRST MASS

TAKE PLACE IN THE PHILIPPINES?

READINGS IN THE PILIPPINE HISTORY

•Leyte
• Butuan
 BACKGROUND
• The Date when the Mass was held
Was on March 31, 1521
• It was facilitate by Fr. Pedro de
Valderrama
• It was held on an Easter Sunday
 Which between the two places
(Limasawa or Butuan) was the location
of the first mass held?

The Evidences:
 BUTUAN’S DEFENSE
• The Balanghai’s
• Location of The Cross
• 3 Kings mentioned in Pigaffeta
• Rice Hectarage
• Panaon from Mazaua to Cebu
•
 Why was the first mass held in
Limasawa?
Retrieved from Philippine Quarterly of Culture
and Society Vol. 9, No. 3 (September 1981), pp.
192-216 (25pages)
Published by: University of San Carlos
Publications
 ALBO’S LOG
“from here we departed and sailed W., and fell
in with a large island called Seilani, which is
inhabited, and contains gold; we coasted it, and
went W.S.W., to a small inhabited island called
Mazaba. The people are very good, and there
we placed a cross upon a mountain; and from
thence they showed us three islands in the
W.S.W direction, and they showed us how they
gather it, and they found small pieces like beans
1
and like lentils; and this island in 9 ˚ N. latitude.
3
ALBO’S LOG
SCETCH OF
MAZZAVA
Retrieved from ‘ ‘
Kinaadman,’ ‘ vol. III, 1981.
PLAUCHAUT’S CLAIM

PRIMARY
SOURCES

CAVITE MUTINY

GOMBURZA
Why should we not consider
BUTUAN?
Group Decision

LIMASAWA