First Catholic Mass in the Philippines: Butuan or Limasawa?

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What is the abundance of in Mazaua and Butuan?

Both A and B

What is the name of the river where the Islet of Masao is located?

Agusan River

Where did Magellan's expedition drop their anchor?

Homnonhon Island

What is the location of Mazaua in relation to Leyte?

South of Leyte

What is the name of the pilot who kept a logbook during Magellan's expedition?

Albo

What was the result of Miguel Bernad's analysis of Albo and Pigafetta's accounts?

Limasawa was confirmed as the site of the First Mass

What was the geographical feature of Butuan that was absent in Pigafetta's description of the place where Magellan's ships arrived?

A river

Why did Bernad conclude that Mazaua and Butuan were entirely different places?

Because they were in different islands

What was the location of Masao in relation to the Agusan River?

In the delta of the river

What is the significance of the monument erected in 1872 near the Agusan River?

It marks the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines

What happened to the survivors after the Battle of Mactan?

They went to Butuan and then to Mindanao

What did Pigafetta describe in his account that weakened Butuan's claim?

The absence of a river

What was the basis of the 'Butuan tradition'?

Oral traditions and chronicles

Where did the Legazpi expedition eventually go after being met with hostility in Mazaua?

Camiguing

Where is Butuan situated according to the text?

In Mindanao

What is the name of the historian who published a work in 1990 that supported the 'Butuan historiographic tradition'?

Celedonio Resurrecion

What is the area of the island of Limasawa according to the text?

About 10 and one-half square miles

What is the name of the book from which historians relied heavily on for their information?

The Philippine Islands

Identify the correct location of the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines. Was it in Butuan or Limasawa? Learn about the historical events and figures that shaped the country's religious history.

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