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Rajah Humabun was named Charles after the King of Spain while his wife was named Joanna after the King’s mother. Prior to the baptism, the chieftain’s wife received a lady carved in wood, holding her child and a cross. It was also on this day that the image of the Santo Nino was given to Queen Joanna (Amihan) as Magellan’s gift to the first Christian King and Queen of the Archipelago. Magellan called it Archipelago of Lazarus (contradicting most belief that it was Magellan who named the whole island Philippines).
Rajah Humabon
On the account of Antonio Figaffeta on his book Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation, it mentioned “the Captain set up a great cross in the center of the square exhorting the king (Humabun) that, if he wished to be a good Christian, he must burn all the idols of his country, and set up a cross on their place, and that everyone should worship it daily on his knees, and with clasped hands held up to heaven. And he showed them how every day the sign of the cross must be made.”
Although baptism and the introduction of Christian faith were significant to the voyage, it became a failure when the natives of Zzubu returned to their pagan beliefs after Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the infamous battle in the island of Mattan (Mactan) on April 27, 1521.
Native women were raped and there were accounts of abusive conduct by the remaining men of Magellan. This led to a massacre on a Wednesday, May 1, 1521 staged by Raja Humabon and his men in a banquet that was set-up to stage the planned slaughter. The large cross that was erected by Magellan as a symbol of their great achievement was removed by angry natives who returned to their old belief.
Humabon and the removal of the cross
In a book, Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawirik by Jovito Abellana, the chieftain of Cebu thought Magellan’s expedition was a mere friendly goodwill visit rather than a conversion of faith but it was too late for him to realize. However, the chieftain, being a crafty man, persuaded Magellan to meddle in a local bickering between him and Rajah Lapu-lapu. This resulted to the death of a Portuguese explorer who later on has the reputation on our history as the one being the first who circumnavigated the globe.
Source:
Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawirik by Jovito Abellana
Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation by Antonio Figaffeta
Researched by:
Diego Salvador
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