Mangubat (surname)
Mangubat /mang-gubat/ is a Filipino surname of Mactan Island origin. It used to mean " to wage war ". The term Mangubat was derived from two words "Mang" (to do) and "Gubat" (war). Gubat It means War, from words in the Visayas language, in Northern Luzon[a], in Mindanao, and in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao[b]. This nickname was given to the original inhabitants of Mactan Island in the 16th century by both the Spaniards and their native allies they fought.[c] The Hispanized version of Mangubat is Manguerra.
in late 1500s and 1600s the mangubat left mactan island and other Pintado warriors for the pacification of Luzon and all the other islands. Their valor, hardships and sacrifices molded and shaped a country. They were the pioneers in creating a new nation which our known heroes of today call their beloved Filipinas.
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Mangubat: their role(s) in the birth of the Filipino nation
Writing in 1629-1630
(by: Friar Juan de Medina)
Lying in front of and very near to Sugbu (Cebu) is an island called Magtang (Mactan), where Ferdinand Magellan was killed years ago.
It is a low-lying land, and now with so few inhabitants that they do not reach fifty; but when the Spaniards arrived they found many people; for truly the island was thickly populated, and with the most warlike people of the country, as has been seen when they have joined with the Spaniards. They have performed excellent exploits in the service of the Spaniards, and have aided them in conquering the country.
The old inhabitants assert that when the Spaniards arrived, the town of Sugbu was so populous that its houses extended from Mandave (Mandaue) to San Nicolas, which is, I think, more than one and one-half leguas by land.
Now there are so few inhabitants, that there are not three hundred tributes in the town of San Nicolas, which is the town proper of Sugbu. They are separated about one-quarter legua from the city of the Spaniards (i.e.Fort San Pedro)
Brief description of the Mangubat Warriors
" Their weapons consist of large knives curved like cutlasses (Sanggot), spears (Bancao,bangkaw) and caraças (shields).
They employ the same kinds of boats as the inhabitants of Luzon.
They have the same occupations, products, and means of gain as the inhabitants of all the other islands (i.e. Islands of the Visayas and Mindanao).
These Visayans which they call Mangubat are a race less inclined to agriculture, and are skilful in navigation, and eager for war and raids for pillage and booty.
Mangubat This means "to go out for plunder." [2]
People with the surname
- Lazaro Mangubat - (1580- circa 1600s), arm bearer of Spain, titled and named by the Superior Government as founder of Lawis Government (now Madridejos, Cebu) and captain of Militia against Moro pirates and Chinese who plundered people in Bantayan Island (Bantayan meaning To Guard in Filipino);
- Lucas Mangubat - (year 1690), Gobernadorcillo of Batangas (i.e. municipal judge or governor in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period) [4]
- Lorenzo Mangubat - (Circa 1700s) is a former Cabeza (i.e. the municipal chief or head under spanish colonial times) of Opon( Now Lapu-Lapu City)[5]
- Leon Mangubat - (circa 1800s) former Gobernadorcillo of Dasmariñas Cavite
- Ruperto Mangubat - (Auxiliary Justice of the Peace, Bantayan Island - year 1909)[6]
- Gregorio Mangubat - (year 1825) Milicias indio - Archivo General de Sigovia [7]
- Salvador Mangubat - Juez de Paz (Justice of the Peace), Borbon Cebu, year 1929)[8]
- Basilio Mangubat - (circa 1800-1905),Municipal Councilor of Opon (now Lapu-Lapu City)[9]
- Antonio Mangubat - (Lapu-Lapu City first Municipal President under the American regime, year 1902)[10][11]
- Bartolome Mangubat Dimataga - (1911-1918 - Lapu-Lapu City, 5th Municipal President under the American regime, his son Mariano Dimataga was also elected as the first Mayor of Lapu-Lapu City)[12]
- Dominador I. Mangubat - (1904-1980),member Fil-American Cavite Guerilla Force (FACGF)World War 2 ; former acting Cavite Governor, 1954 - 1955[13]
- Pedro Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 1st Municipal President under the American regime)[14]
- Santiago Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 3rd Municipal President under the American regime)[15]
- Monteno Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 4th Municipal President under the American regime)[16]
- Rev. Dr. Osbaldo Mangubat Padilla - the first Filipino Priest to enter the Vatican Academy of Diplomacy and presently the Papal Nuncio to Korea and to Mongolia; Previous Posts: Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica; Current Post: Apostolic Nuncio to Korea and Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia; In Current office Since: April 26, 2008 ; Nuncio Since: 17 Dec 1990 - Present.[17][18]
- Norsem Mangubat - spokesperson of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines[19]
- Patrico Gutierez Mangubat - (1926-2002) US Navy, World War 2 and Korean War Veteran[20]
Mactan Island (From Visita to Parochia)
Before Nuestra Señora de Regla, Señor San Roque was the Patron Saint of Opong, a visita (a small community which has a chapel but without a resident priest from the town proper)
From the early 1600′s Opong or opon (now Lapu-Lapu City) was a visita of San Nicolas.
The visita chapel where Sr. San Roque was enshrined is said to have been entrusted to the Mangubats, up to the time when the first Rito de la Serna married Tomasa Mangubat in 1800s, a daughter of Alejandro Mangubat.
Today, the ancient image of Sr. San Roque is still under the care of the de la Serna clan who still observe and celebrate the feast of the saint every year.
The first image of Virgen de la Regla brought to Opon was a painting. It was brought by Fr. Francisco Avalle when he was installed as its first parish priest in 1735.
The painting was originally from the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Regla in Chipiona, Andalusia, Spain, where Fr. Avalle lived and received religious education for ten years.
In Opon, he made use of the painting to introduce to the islanders the devotion to the Virgen de la Regla.
This lovely painting of the Virgin, which was retouched in 1873, has survived the passage of time and is currently displayed for veneration at the hagkanan, a special room set apart for the Virgin at the back of the Opon church, above the sacristy.
The traditional statue that is encased in glass and can be viewed by the faithful inside the hagkanan is the first copy of that lovely painting. The finely-chiseled statue was carved sometime in 1735 as ordered by Cruz Lauron, a prominent native of the island. He had the statue carved to thank the Virgin for curing him from a terminal affliction.
Origin of the surname Mangubat
When related to a name, it usually means marauders and warriors in the Visayas. To the original inhabitants of Mactan it's a name given to them at the time they fought the spaniards and made frequent raids to the villages not of their friends or allies who accepted the Bañaga, and when related to the surname it applies to the last name given by the spaniard for the Hierarchy ( a body of persons in authority or local nobles) of Mactan Island in 16th century.
it's a name given to them when they fought the spaniards and it's a surname given to them when they joined the spaniards.
Notes
- ^ in Ilocos Region (i.e. Ilocano people),and Cordillera Administrative Region (i.e. the Ifugao and the Igorot people)
- ^ Tausūg people,and Maranao people
- ^ Meanwhile news came from Baybay, where many of the former inhabitants of Matan (Mactan)) and Gavi (Cordova) had sought shelter, after hostile excursions against the town of Mandam, an ally and friend of the Spaniards. These people from Baybay carried their insolence so far as to say they would burn the Spanish settlement. Legazpi sent two chiefs to Baybay to demand the release of the prisoners taken at Mandam. The messengers were scoffed at, and the Mangubats returned to Mandam in greater force, where they committed many depredations and made many prisoners.
References
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- ^ Braganza, José Vicente (1965). The Encounter: The Epic Story of the Christianization of the Philippines. Manila: Catholic Trade School 1965. (1965). p. 235.
- ^ de Morga, Antonio (1609). Sucesos de las islas Filipinas por el doctor Antonio de Morga, obra publicada en Méjico el an̄o de 1609. nuevamente sacada à luz y anotada por José Rizal y precedida de un prólogo del prof. Fernando Blumentritt. p. 288.
- ^ "History of Bauan". bauan.gov.ph. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Desabelle, Gerry Yaun (1988). Lapulapu City: Its Role in the Birth of the Filipino Nation. Lapu Lapu City: G.Y. Desabelle, 1988 - Lapulapu (Philippines). p. 20.
- ^ Annual reports / United States. War Dept, Volume 8. 1909. p. 195.
- ^ Archivo General Militar de Segovia: índice de expedientes peronales, Volume 5. 1960. p. 349.
- ^ Actas Del Senado de Filipinas ..., Volume 14. Philippines. Legislature. Senate. p. 298.
- ^ Philippines. Bureau of Lands (1905). Annual report of the Directory of Lands. [1905]. USA: Library of the University of Michigan. p. 241.
- ^ Yaun Desabelle, Gerry (1988). Lapulapu City: Its Role in the Birth of the Filipino Nation. Lapulapu (Philippines). p. 22.
- ^ Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War. Philippines: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1904. p. 803.
- ^ Lapulapu City: Its Role in the Birth of the Filipino Nation. Lapu Lapu, Philippines. 1988. p. 24.
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- ^ "Municipality of Borbon, Cebu Oficial website". borboncebu.net. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
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