The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55: 1636-37; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55: 1636-37; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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[102] Antonio Figueredo was born at Ourem, Portugal, in 1586, and
was admitted into the Society in 1603. He was sent to the Indias,
and ministered at Salsette; he was rector of Chaul and of Tana, and
of the residence of San Paolo Vecchio at Goa, where he died May 8,
1650. See Sommervogel's _Bibliothèque_.
[103] Evidently referring to the vision and miraculous cure which
are referred to _ante_, in sketch of Mastrilli's life, note 76.
[104] Probably meaning the stream that falls into the sea nearest to
Punta de Cañas, a point on the southwest coast of Bataán, which is
the small province of western Luzon that encloses the western side
of Manila Bay.
[105] An evident reference to Fray Antonio Caballero (or Santa María,
his name in religion), a noted laborer in the Chinese missions. He was
born in April, 1602, at Baltanás, south of Valladolid, and entered
the Franciscan order March 24, 1618. He spent four years (1629-33)
in Manila, and then went to China. (His first convert in that country
afterward became a Dominican friar, and was finally (1674) consecrated
a bishop, the first of his nation to attain that dignity--and,
according to Dominican authority, the only Chinaman ever consecrated,
up to 1890, as a bishop. This man's Chinese name was Lô, and he was
baptized as Gregorio López; he was sent to pursue his studies in the
college of Santo Tomás at Manila, where he received holy orders. He
died at Nanking in February, 1690, at the age of eighty; see account
of his life in _Reseña biográfica_, i, pp. 433-436.) After regaining
his liberty, on the occasion mentioned in our text, he spent some
two years in Manila; and went in 1639 to Macao, to act as vicar of
the convent of St. Clare there. In 1644 all the Spaniards residing in
Macao were exiled by the Portuguese, and Fray Antonio, with those nuns,
sailed (October 10) for Manila. They were driven by a storm to a port
in Cochinchina, and obliged to remain six months in that country,
where they were hospitably treated; in May, 1645, they arrived
safely at Manila. Four years later, Fray Antonio returned to China,
where he labored until his death--which occurred at Canton, May 13,
1669--having suffered imprisonment, exile, and many privations. He
left many writings (some in Chinese), mainly referring to the missions
in China. See Huerta's sketch of his life and labors, in _Estado_,
pp. 406-413.
[106] In the original manuscript the word "new" has been crossed out
and "old" written above the line.
[107] In the margin is written: "Others say with 7."
[108] In the original manuscript the word "outside" has been crossed
out, and "inside" written above the line.
[109] In the margin occurs the note: "Or with 7."
[110] Marginal note: "One of the 6 left [the fleet] because it
was heavy."
[111] In the original manuscript the date "March 1" has been crossed
out, and the above date inserted above the line.
[112] In the original manuscript the word "five" is crossed out and
"good" inserted above the line.
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