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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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 36, 1649-1666: 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

was captured in 1632 by the Joloans, and was a captive among them
for more than two years. After his service in the Jolo campaign he
returned to Manila, and finally died in the mission of the island of
Romblon. Diego de San Juan Evangelista, son of Pedro de Olíte, was
a native of Zaragoza and took the habit in the convent of Manteria
in Zaragoza, April 3, 1606. Shortly after, he deserted the order;
but afterward returned to it. He left for the Philippine mission
in the year 1622, where he became an eloquent preacher. He served
as chaplain in two fleets, missionary in the Calamianes, and prior
of Cavite and Manila. Death came to him in the convent of Bagumbaya
in 1652. Antonio de San Agustin was a native of Manila (being born
about 1592), where he professed. In 1634 he obtained permission to go
to the Japanese mission, but the Chinese who had been hired to take
them failed to fulfil their contract. In the great Chinese revolt
of 1639 he acted as minister to the Zambal archers in the Spanish
army. He served in various capacities, among them being the office
of definitor. His death occurred in 1652.]

[Chapter vii treats of the lives of Onofre de la Madre de Dios and
Augustin de San Pedro, the famous "Padre Capitan." The first was the
son of Joseph Boquét, and was born in Perpiñán in 1584, and professed
in the convent of Zaragoza, March 16, 1606. Joining the Philippine
mission, he reached those islands in 1620, where he was immediately
sent to the new missions in the south of the archipelago, with the
appointment of prior of Cebú. In 1624 he was elected first provincial
of the order in the Philippines, serving in that office for two years,
during which time he visited his province at the risk of capture from
both Dutch and Moros. After the expiration of his term he asked and
obtained permission to go to the Calamianes, and worked faithfully
in the island of Culión, where he mastered the language. In 1627 he
was sent to Spain as procurator, but did not return thence, as he
was elected provincial of the province of Aragón. His death occurred
in the convent of Calatayud in Spain, in 1638 (reported wrongly to
have occurred at Barcelona in 1653, as he was confused with another
religious of the same name). "Padre Capitan," the son of Miguel
Rodriguez, was born in Berganza, Portugal, and professed in Valladolid,
in 1619. Arriving at the Philippines in 1623, he was speedily sent to
the Caraga missions, where he labored for the rest of his life in the
conversion of its natives, and in defending them from the inroads of
the Moros. He was many times prior of Butuán, Cagayáng, Lináo, Tándag,
and Romblón. In Mindanao he personally baptized more than 10,000
adults. His death occurred in 1653, and he left behind a name long
revered among the natives because of his prowess. The seventh section
of this chapter is an answer to Father Combes of the Jesuit Society
(who had tried to belittle the efforts of the Recollects in Mindanao),

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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

was captured in 1632 by the Joloans, and was a captive among them
for more than two years. After his service in the Jolo campaign he
returned to Manila, and finally died in the mission of the island of
Romblon. Diego de San Juan Evangelista, son of Pedro de Olíte, was
a native of Zaragoza and took the habit in the convent of Manteria
in Zaragoza, April 3, 1606. Shortly after, he deserted the order;
but afterward returned to it. He left for the Philippine mission
in the year 1622, where he became an eloquent preacher. He served
as chaplain in two fleets, missionary in the Calamianes, and prior
of Cavite and Manila. Death came to him in the convent of Bagumbaya
in 1652. Antonio de San Agustin was a native of Manila (being born
about 1592), where he professed. In 1634 he obtained permission to go
to the Japanese mission, but the Chinese who had been hired to take
them failed to fulfil their contract. In the great Chinese revolt
of 1639 he acted as minister to the Zambal archers in the Spanish
army. He served in various capacities, among them being the office
of definitor. His death occurred in 1652.]

[Chapter vii treats of the lives of Onofre de la Madre de Dios and
Augustin de San Pedro, the famous "Padre Capitan." The first was the
son of Joseph Boquét, and was born in Perpiñán in 1584, and professed
in the convent of Zaragoza, March 16, 1606. Joining the Philippine
mission, he reached those islands in 1620, where he was immediately
sent to the new missions in the south of the archipelago, with the
appointment of prior of Cebú. In 1624 he was elected first provincial
of the order in the Philippines, serving in that office for two years,
during which time he visited his province at the risk of capture from
both Dutch and Moros. After the expiration of his term he asked and
obtained permission to go to the Calamianes, and worked faithfully
in the island of Culión, where he mastered the language. In 1627 he
was sent to Spain as procurator, but did not return thence, as he
was elected provincial of the province of Aragón. His death occurred
in the convent of Calatayud in Spain, in 1638 (reported wrongly to
have occurred at Barcelona in 1653, as he was confused with another
religious of the same name). "Padre Capitan," the son of Miguel
Rodriguez, was born in Berganza, Portugal, and professed in Valladolid,
in 1619. Arriving at the Philippines in 1623, he was speedily sent to
the Caraga missions, where he labored for the rest of his life in the
conversion of its natives, and in defending them from the inroads of
the Moros. He was many times prior of Butuán, Cagayáng, Lináo, Tándag,
and Romblón. In Mindanao he personally baptized more than 10,000
adults. His death occurred in 1653, and he left behind a name long
revered among the natives because of his prowess. The seventh section
of this chapter is an answer to Father Combes of the Jesuit Society
(who had tried to belittle the efforts of the Recollects in Mindanao),

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

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