Opening the text

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

History

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

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

[99] Marcos de Lisboa, preacher, was born in Lisboa, Portugal, of noble
parents, who sent him to engage in the Indian commerce at an early age,
he taking up his residence at Malaca. He took the Franciscan habit
in that city in 1582, and went to the Philippines in 1586, where
he projected the foundation of the Santa Misericordia in Manila and
contributed to its establishment in 1594. Later he went to Camarines
where he had charge of the villages of Polangui and Oás. He was elected
definitor and minister of Naga in 1602, and went to Oás in 1605. In the
chapter of May 24, 1608, he was again elected definitor, and January
16, 1609, he was elected vicar-provincial, governing until October 29,
1611, during which time the missions to the province of Ituy were
founded. At the end of his term he was elected guardian of Naga,
and in 1616 was elected definitor for the third time and minister of
Dilao. He went to Mexico in 1618, and having been appointed custodian
for the general chapter of July 16, 1622, he went to Madrid and thence
to Rome. At the conclusion of the chapter he retired to the convent
of San Gil in Madrid, where he died at the beginning of 1628. He left
a number of writings in the Bícol dialect. See Huerta, pp. 447, 448.

[100] See VOL. XVI, p. 29, note 2.

[101] For account of this expedition, see VOL. XIX, p. 36.

[102] Andrés de Puertollano, preacher, went to the Philippines in 1616,
where besides being occupied in preaching and confessing, he labored
in the missions of Sampaloc and Paete, and also acted as guardian of
the Cavite convent. In 1643, while on his way to Spain to get more
missionaries, he was wrecked near San Domingo. His death occurred as
related in the text. See Huerta, p. 406.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

History

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

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

[99] Marcos de Lisboa, preacher, was born in Lisboa, Portugal, of noble
parents, who sent him to engage in the Indian commerce at an early age,
he taking up his residence at Malaca. He took the Franciscan habit
in that city in 1582, and went to the Philippines in 1586, where
he projected the foundation of the Santa Misericordia in Manila and
contributed to its establishment in 1594. Later he went to Camarines
where he had charge of the villages of Polangui and Oás. He was elected
definitor and minister of Naga in 1602, and went to Oás in 1605. In the
chapter of May 24, 1608, he was again elected definitor, and January
16, 1609, he was elected vicar-provincial, governing until October 29,
1611, during which time the missions to the province of Ituy were
founded. At the end of his term he was elected guardian of Naga,
and in 1616 was elected definitor for the third time and minister of
Dilao. He went to Mexico in 1618, and having been appointed custodian
for the general chapter of July 16, 1622, he went to Madrid and thence
to Rome. At the conclusion of the chapter he retired to the convent
of San Gil in Madrid, where he died at the beginning of 1628. He left
a number of writings in the Bícol dialect. See Huerta, pp. 447, 448.

[100] See VOL. XVI, p. 29, note 2.

[101] For account of this expedition, see VOL. XIX, p. 36.

[102] Andrés de Puertollano, preacher, went to the Philippines in 1616,
where besides being occupied in preaching and confessing, he labored
in the missions of Sampaloc and Paete, and also acted as guardian of
the Cavite convent. In 1643, while on his way to Spain to get more
missionaries, he was wrecked near San Domingo. His death occurred as
related in the text. See Huerta, p. 406.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

No reviews yet