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    First, a mass was held on the shore of Masao in Butuan, Agusan del Norte on March 31, 1521 by Friar Pedro Valderrama, not on Limasawa Island as previously believed. Magellan planted a cross and named the country Islas de San Lazaro. Noted historian Dr. Sonia M. Zaide presented evidence that primary sources referred to Mazaua, not Limasawa, and distances and traditions matched Masao, not Limasawa. However, the Philippine Congress declared Limasawa as the site in 1960 without sufficient evidence, as President Garcia was unsure.

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    First, a mass was held on the shore of Masao in Butuan, Agusan del Norte on March 31, 1521 by Friar Pedro Valderrama, not on Limasawa Island as previously believed. Magellan planted a cross and named the country Islas de San Lazaro. Noted historian Dr. Sonia M. Zaide presented evidence that primary sources referred to Mazaua, not Limasawa, and distances and traditions matched Masao, not Limasawa. However, the Philippine Congress declared Limasawa as the site in 1960 without sufficient evidence, as President Garcia was unsure.

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    First, a mass was held on the shore of Masao in Butuan, Agusan del Norte on March 31, 1521 by Friar Pedro Valderrama, not on Limasawa Island as previously believed. Magellan planted a cross and named the country Islas de San Lazaro. Noted historian Dr. Sonia M. Zaide presented evidence that primary sources referred to Mazaua, not Limasawa, and distances and traditions matched Masao, not Limasawa. However, the Philippine Congress declared Limasawa as the site in 1960 without sufficient evidence, as President Garcia was unsure.

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    FIRST MASS HELD IN MASAO NOT LIMASAWA

    Source: Pearl of the Orient: Discover Old Philippines (2017, April 1)


    Link: https://www.facebook.com/PearlOfTheOrient.ph/photos/first-mass-held-in-masao-not-limasawaon-easter-sunday-
    march-31-1521-a-mass-offic/1325072200914509/

    FIRST MASS HELD IN MASAO NOT LIMASAWA


    On Easter Sunday, March 31, 1521, a mass officiated by the Augustinian Friar Pedro Valderrama was held on the
    shore of Masao, Butuan, Agusan del Norte. At sundown, Magellan planted a wooden cross on the summit of a hill
    overlooking the sea. He named the country the Islas de San Lazaro.
    Noted historian Dr. Sonia M. Zaide presented the evidence for Masao rather than Limasawa [an island in Southern
    Leyte] as the site of the first recorded mass in the Philippines.
    First, in all primary sources including the diary of Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler of Magellan's voyage, the name
    of the place was Mazaua. Limasawa has four syllables and beigns with another letter.
    Second, according to primary records, the expedition traveled 20 to 25 leagues from Homonhon, the first landing
    point. If they had been to Limasawa Island, the distance is only 14.6 leagues or one-half of that lenght.
    Third, the distance to Cebu from Mazaua according to Pigafetta was 35 leagues [140 miles]. The distance from
    Limasawa to Cebu is only 80 miles.
    Fourth, it was mentiones that the king came to their ship in a balanghai. Butuan is now the site of at least nine
    excavated balanghai relics; by contrast, Limasawa has no significant archeological relics or balanghai tradition.
    Fifth, the Western explorers got excited at the abundance of gold in Mazaua, for that was the main currence at that
    time. Both archeological relics and the gold mines today attested to the abundance of gold in the Agusan Valley.
    Magellan never landed at Limasawa at all.
    On June 19, 1960, the Philippine Congress enacted a bill [R.A. No. 2733] declaring Limasawa as the place where
    Magellan celebrated the first recorded mass in the Philippines on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1521. President Carlos
    P. Garcia did not sign the law because he was not sure of the fact that the 'Mazaua' in the Pigafetta Codex is really
    Limasawa.
    It was the American historian Emma Helen Blair and John Alexander Robertson who claimed in 1909 that the island
    of Mazaua is the present island of Limasawa without giving any explanation for the identification.
    --- Ian R. Andres ---
    References:
    Rosario M. Cortes, C. P. Boncan, Ricardo T. J.,
    "The Filipino Saga: History as Social Change"
    New Day Publishers, 2000. p. 489.
    Maria Christine N. Halili,
    "Philippine History"
    Rex Book Store, 2014. p. 73.
    Dirk Barreveld
    "CEBU - A Tropical Paradise in the Pacific"
    Lulu Press, Inc, 2014.

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