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Little is known about the life of Lazaro de Mangubat ( Also known as: Gabriel Lazaro Mangubat and Capitan Loreto Mangubat).
It was in 1630, the mangubats landed in Bantayan Island in the place called "LAWIS" (meaning point towards the sea) together with the most heavily tattooed pintados and the most warlike of the country led by Captain Lazaro Mangubat, to guard the island against the harassment of the Moros and to build a fortification for the protection of the people, securing the place while the construction of the Kota is ongoing. Lazaro then established an organised settlement in the northern part of the island facing the Visayan sea where barrio Mancilang of Madridejos is now located making Lawis the first organized place in the island after the Bantayan suffered and depopulated. He defended the island and protect its people. He also erected a church whose ruined walls and post from the ravages of wars and Moro raids can still be seen in the northernmost part of the town.
It was he who proclaimed the place as the "VISITA de LAWIS" (beginnings of a parish) of the town of Bantayan.
He was titled and named by the Superior Government (Spanish East Indies) as
"Founder of the lawis government and founder of all residents of all other site that has been populated and formed its district of lime and edge with its branches, and corresponding on account of other native who experimented The public benefit that has been from him."
He was the arm-bearer of Spain and the grandson of Lapu-Lapu the Cebuano hero. His name is Loreto but changed to Lazaro because he arrived in town on St. Lazaro's Day. People called him the captain. At the age of 13, he was taken to Spain for training. at the age of 50 he went back to Madridejos. He got married to Lucia Maru, a native of Madredijos.
The name "Bantayan" comes from Filipino term meaning "to guard". The name of the island itself describes the purpose of them being in the island.
Bantayan island was also used as an advance warning system for the larger islands of Cebu, the Visayas and Luzon.
The Kota was built by force labor working every Saturdays and Sundays. Those inhabitants who will not report for work in the construction of the Kota will received a punishment of 25 whippings and one day imprisonment.
The grateful people of Madridejos named a street in his honor.
Lawis Government which has been from this area and captain of militia of this town, titled or named by the Superior Government and the name of all the natives and Residents of another site, before you with all solemnity in due form and respect that has given me place and I say That with respect to the time of two years to this time that another site has been populated And formed its district of lime and edge with its branches And corresponding on account of other native who experimented The public benefit that has been from him, this other area from having Avoided the continuous embarkation (by being the most abandoned) of the Greatest Enemies and as which in the term of another time has been Formalized the house, plants, and others sown which were utilized the mention native. Translated by: Aida S. Jomao-as Faculty Department of Languages & Literature University of San Carlos Cebu City |
References
- L. Lavilles, Gervasio (1965). History: Cebu's 4 cities & 49 municipalities with trimmed accounts of Christianization of the Philippines. Social Science. p. 92.
- Rodríguez, Jesús; Mariblanca, David. "HISTORIA - Existe otro Madridejos en Filipinas". Municipality of Madridejos. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- Lavilles, Gervasio L. (1965). Cebu's 4 cities & 49 municipalities with trimmed accounts of Christianization of the Philippines. Lavilles, 1965 - Social Science. p. 93. Retrieved 3 August 2015.