National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: First Mass in Cebu

Location: Cebu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

FIRST MASS IN CEBU

UNDER THIS ROOF IS PRESERVED A CROSS MARKING THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST MASS WAS CELEBRATED IN CEBU, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1521. IT WAS ATTENDED BY MAGELLAN AND HIS MEN. ON THE SAME PLACE, KING HUMABON OF CEBU, TOGETHER WITH HIS QUEEN, SON AND DAUGHTERS, AND ABOUT 800 OF HIS SUBJECTS, WERE BAPTIZED BY FATHER PEDRO VALDERRAMA.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

First Mass in Cebu

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