Magellan’s Cross
This Cross of Tindalo Wood Encases the Original Cross Planted By Ferdinand Magellan On This Very Site April 21, 1521
So let’s go back in time..
In the year 1521, Magellan and his men were looking for a new route to Malucu, the Spice Island. From Sanlúcar de Barrameda he sailed to the southernmost tip of America, where he found a Strait that now bears his name, the Strait of Magellan . Then he saw a big calm sea, he named it Pacifico.
Photo From Library of Congress
They were sailing day and night across the big ocean Until they saw a small Limasawa island
Magellan landed in Limasawa at noon The people met him very welcome on the shore They did not understand the speaking they have done Because Kastila gid at Waray-Waray man
When Magellan landed in Cebu City Rajah Humabon met him, they were very happy All people were baptized and built the church of Christ And that’s the beginning of our Catholic life
Of course that was according to Yoyoy Villame.
The First Voyage Around The World
Magellan did Plant The Cross No Doubt about it but there were account that cross was:
From Magellan's Voyage Around The World
44 years later, in 1565 Miguel Lopez De Legaspi came to Cebu. I have never read about him seeing or talking about the Cross, he did see the Santo Nino, talked about it.
Why did he not see the Cross? Simple, it was not there.
Fr. Pedro Chirino, SJ and Fr.Francisco Ignacio Alcina two of early Historians who visited Cebu never talked about the Cross. Why? They never saw it because it was not there.
Yes, there is an Old Cross Encased in Tindalo Wood, yes its old and no its not the same Cross Magellan planted in the year 1521.
I love to be proven wrong. If anybody who knew of a document about the cross which dates close to 1521, please send me a copy.
In the year 1521, Magellan and his men were looking for a new route to Malucu, the Spice Island. From Sanlúcar de Barrameda he sailed to the southernmost tip of America, where he found a Strait that now bears his name, the Strait of Magellan . Then he saw a big calm sea, he named it Pacifico.
Photo From Library of Congress
They were sailing day and night across the big ocean Until they saw a small Limasawa island
Magellan landed in Limasawa at noon The people met him very welcome on the shore They did not understand the speaking they have done Because Kastila gid at Waray-Waray man
When Magellan landed in Cebu City Rajah Humabon met him, they were very happy All people were baptized and built the church of Christ And that’s the beginning of our Catholic life
Of course that was according to Yoyoy Villame.
The First Voyage Around The World
Magellan did Plant The Cross No Doubt about it but there were account that cross was:
From Magellan's Voyage Around The World
44 years later, in 1565 Miguel Lopez De Legaspi came to Cebu. I have never read about him seeing or talking about the Cross, he did see the Santo Nino, talked about it.
Why did he not see the Cross? Simple, it was not there.
Fr. Pedro Chirino, SJ and Fr.Francisco Ignacio Alcina two of early Historians who visited Cebu never talked about the Cross. Why? They never saw it because it was not there.
Yes, there is an Old Cross Encased in Tindalo Wood, yes its old and no its not the same Cross Magellan planted in the year 1521.
I love to be proven wrong. If anybody who knew of a document about the cross which dates close to 1521, please send me a copy.
