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    Besides, There Can Also Be Strong Motives For Making Intentionally Wrong Latitudinal Locations To Mislead Enemies and Competitors

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    The document discusses the debate around the location of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines. It provides evidence that supports both Limasawa Island and Butuan City as the site of the first mass, which took place on March 31, 1521 led by Ferdinand Magellan. Accounts by Pigafetta and Albo differ on whether the mass occurred in Butuan or Limasawa. Archaeological evidence and the route described by Pigafetta's fleet lend credibility to both potential locations. There is no consensus on where the pivotal early contact between Catholic missionaries and Filipinos definitively occurred.

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    The document discusses the debate around the location of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines. It provides evidence that supports both Limasawa Island and Butuan City as the site of the first mass, which took place on March 31, 1521 led by Ferdinand Magellan. Accounts by Pigafetta and Albo differ on whether the mass occurred in Butuan or Limasawa. Archaeological evidence and the route described by Pigafetta's fleet lend credibility to both potential locations. There is no consensus on where the pivotal early contact between Catholic missionaries and Filipinos definitively occurred.

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    First Mass Facts

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    The document discusses the debate around the location of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines. It provides evidence that supports both Limasawa Island and Butuan City as the site of the first mass, which took place on March 31, 1521 led by Ferdinand Magellan. Accounts by Pigafetta and Albo differ on whether the mass occurred in Butuan or Limasawa. Archaeological evidence and the route described by Pigafetta's fleet lend credibility to both potential locations. There is no consensus on where the pivotal early contact between Catholic missionaries and Filipinos definitively occurred.

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    FIRST MASS FACTS:

     March 31, 1521


     Mazaua
     RA 2733
     researcher lead to a conclusion that Antonio Pigafetta’s account is more firm than Albo
    (In Albo’s account he didn’t mention the first Mass but only the planting of the cross
    upon a mountain top from which could be seen three islands to the west and southwest
    unlike Pigafetta he mention in his account that the first Mass is held in Butuan on Easter
    Sunday, March 31.)
    https://johndelapaz.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/the-first-mass-in-the-philippines-was-
    held-in-butuan-not-in-limasawa/

    Limasawa evidence
     The position of Mazaua, as plotted by Pigafetta, matched that of Limasawa.
     The measurement of distances between Homonhon and Limasawa between Limasawa
    and Cebu, as computed by the pro-Limasawa group, matches or approximates the
    delineations made by Pigafetta of the distances between Homonhon and Mazaua and
    between Mazaua and Cebu.
     Magellan's fleet took a route from Homonhon to Mazaua and from Mazaua to Cebu that
    did not at any time touch Butuan or any other part of Mindanao. The docking facilities at
    Limasawa did not pose any problem for Magellan's fleet which anchored near or at some
    safe distance from the island of the eastern shore.
     Log from Francisco Albo
    http://firstcircumnavigator.tripod.com/limasawa.htm

    Butuan evidence
     For three centuries, it was the prevailing belief that Pigafetta's Mazaua was a place called
    Masao near Butuan City in Northern Mindanao. The Butuan belief persisted from the
    17th to the 19th century.
     recovery of 10 Balahanghai boats which were accidentally dug up near Masao River in
    1976
     Pigafetta in his account specifically wrote: “That island was called Butuan and Calagan.
    The name of the first king is Raia Colambu and the second Raia Siaui…It is twenty-five
    leagues from Acquada, and is called Masaua.”
     Also the differences with respect to the recorded latitudinal locations of Masawa and
    Limasawa as reported by the different chroniclers of that time favor the former more than
    the latter. It can be argued that the accuracy of these estimations, given the facilities of
    that time, may not be that precise. Besides, there can also be strong motives for making
    intentionally wrong latitudinal locations to mislead enemies and competitors.
     Another argument forwarded is that at that time Masawa in Butuan had some primacy
    over Limasawa since Masawa had a safe and rich harbor while Limasawa did not have
    one at that time.

    https://www.panaynews.net/where-did-the-first-mass-in-the-philippines-take-place/
    https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/04/butuan-historians-ask-cbcp-to-resolve-first-
    mass-controversy-in-citys-favor/

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