The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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 35, 1640-1649: 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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7. At the entrance of the lake of Bay is located the convent of
Santa Ursula of Binangonan, which has 80 tributes or 150 persons. One
religious lives there, and its church and house are of stone, which
were built from various alms.
8. Three leguas farther on is the convent of San Gerónimo of Moron. It
has 122 tributes, or 400 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has one religious.
9. One legua farther on is the convent of San Ildefonso of Tanay,
with 100 tributes, or 340 persons. Its church and house are bamboo,
and one religious lives there.
10. One-half legua farther on is the convent of Santa María Magdalena
of Pililla, which has 300 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and
house are built of planks, and one religious lives there.
11. In the district of the lake is located the convent of San
Antonio de Pila, with 200 tributes, or about 800 persons. Its church
is of stone, and its house of wood. It has two religious, and one
lay-religious who acts as a nurse; for that is the place where the
sick religious of the district are treated.
12. Two leguas thence by water is the convent of Santa Cruz, with
150 tributes, or 600 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and one religious lives there.
13. One legua thence by water is the convent of our father San
Francisco of Luonbang. It has 500 tributes, or 2,000 persons. Its
church and house are of stone, and it has three visitas. Two religious
live there all the time.
14. One and one-half leguas thence is the convent of Sanctiago of
Payte, with three visitas. It has 448 tributes, or 1,600 persons. The
church and house which are being built are of stone. Two religious
live there.
15. One legua thence by sea is the convent of La Natividad of Pangil,
with 460 tributes, or 1,800 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and two religious live there.
16. One legua thence by sea is the convent of San Pedro of Siniloan,
with 130 tributes, or 450 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo,
and one religious lives there.
17. One and one-half leguas thence is the convent of Santa María of
Mabitac, with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are
of stone, and one religious lives there.
18. Two leguas thence is the convent of Santa María of Cabooan,
with 120 tributes; or 450 persons. One religious lives there.
19. Ascending to the mountains through the district of Pila, is
found the convent of San Bartolomé of Nacarlán, with 700 tributes, or
2,800 persons. The convent and house are of stone, and two religious
live there.
20. One legua thence is the convent of San Juan Bautista of Lillo,
with 300 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has two religious.
21. Two leguas thence is the convent of San Gregorio of Mahayhay,
with 1,000 tributes, or 4,000 persons. Its church and house are of
stone, and two religious and a few convalescents live there.
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