Mangubat (surname)

Mangubat
Family name
Pronunciation	mang-gubat
Meaning	" To wage war "
Language(s) of origin	Cebuano

Lapu-Lapu (Floruit–1521) was a ruler of Mactan.

Mangubat (Mang-gubat) (Spanish: Guerrear);^[1] is a Filipino surname of Mactan Island origin which means "to wage war"^[2] or "to fight".^[3] It belongs to a noble lineage according to Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent,^[4] The last Cronista Rey de Armas appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Justice.

The Mangubat surname were members of the hidalgo class of Spain that had an azure shield, with a vertical gold Pike or Pica, and Stick.^{[lower-alpha 1][5]}

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 natives 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 the 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.

Antonio de Morga, in his book published in 1609 Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, mentions that the term means "to go to war and raid for plunder".^[6][7] the term was also used by Francisco Baltazar (1778-1862) in his 1838 book Florante at Laura to means "to go for battle".^[8] and in Philippine metrical romance (awit at corrido) Seven Princes of Lara one of the most popular Philippine metrical romances.^[9] The term is derived from two Filipino words - the verb mang (to do) and the noun gubat (war).^[10] "Gubat" is a common word for war in the language of the Visayans,the ancient Tagalog,^[11] the Ilocano people,^[12] the Igorot people,^{[lower-alpha 2]} in Mindanao, and in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Etymology

The term is ancient, appearing in both noun and verb forms in the books contemporaneous with the pintados age.

A mangubat was a man who left his homeland, family, and people for war adventure, mainly for tattooing, or sometimes for slave-raiding, with the implication that he planned to return home with his newly won fortune and fame. It does not include the concept of staying in the place one has conquered.

The word existed in both a noun form (mangubat, the person traveling for war adventure)^[13] and a verb form (mangubat, to travel for war or participate in one of these adventures).

Mangubat: their role(s) in the birth of the Filipino nation

The location of Mactan Island in Cebu.

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)

^[14]

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." ^{[15] [16]}

Mangubat people

• si Lapulapu - was a Datu of Mactan during the time of Magellan
• si Mangubat - was a Datu of Mactan during the time of Ligaspi
• Lazaro Mangubat - (floruit 1630), was a Gobernadorcillo of Bantayan Island. Titled and named by the Superior Government as founder of the Lawis Government (now Madridejos) and captain of Militia against Moro pirates and Chinese who plundered people in Bantayan Island. He was the arm bearer of Spain. (Bantayan) meaning To Guard in Filipino.
• Lucas Mangubat - (year 1690), was a Gobernadorcillo of Batangas (i.e. municipal judge or governor in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period) ^[17][18]
• Lorenzo Mangubat - (Circa 1700s) was a Cabeza (i.e. the municipal chief or head under Spanish colonial times) of Opon( Now Lapu-Lapu City)^[19]
• Alejandro Mangubat - was a Cabeza of Opon
• Don Señor Leon Mangubat - (circa 1800s) was a Gobernadorcillo of Dasmariñas Cavite^[20]
• Gregorio Mangubat - (year 1825) General Milicias indio - Archivo General de Sigovia ^[21]
• Antonio Mangubat - (Lapu-Lapu City first Municipal President under the American regime, year 1902)^[22][23]
• Tomasa Mangubat - she was the mother of Pascual dela Serna the last Juez de Paz of Lapu-Lapu and the first elected Municipal President of Lapu-Lapu City.^[24][25]
• Bartolome Mangubat Dimataga - (1911-1918 - Lapu-Lapu City, 5th Municipal President under the American regime, his son Mariano Dimataga was the last Municipal Mayor of Opon and elected as the first City Mayor of Lapu-Lapu City)^[26][27]
• Basilio Mangubat - (circa 1800-1905),Municipal Councilor of Opon (now Lapu-Lapu City)^[28]
• Dominador I. Mangubat - (1904-1980), is a former Dasmariñas, Cavite Governor; former member of (FACGF) Fil-American Cavite Guerilla Force - World War 2 ^[29]
• Isidro Mangubat - Municipal President (1925-1927) of Dasmariñas Cavite.
• Doroteo Mangubat - Municipal President (1934-1935) of Dasmariñas Cavite,
• Pedro Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 1st Municipal President under the American regime)^[30]
• Ruperto Mangubat - (Auxiliary Justice of the Peace, Bantayan Island - year 1909)^[31]
• Salvador Mangubat - Juez de Paz (Justice of the Peace, Borbon Cebu, year 1929)^[32]
• Santiago Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 3rd Municipal President under the American regime)^[30]
• Monteno Mangubat - ( Borbon, Cebu The 4th Municipal President under the American regime)^[30]
• 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.^[33][34]
• Miguel Mangubat - US Army, World War I, born 1889 Philippines; Pvt Co B 2nd Hawaiian Inf; inducted 7/4/1918-2/6/1919; resident of Waianae Honolulu Hawaii ^[35]
• Patrico Gutierez Mangubat - (1926-2002) US Navy, World War II and Korean War Veteran^[36]
• Norsem Mangubat - spokesperson of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Central Mindanao ^[37]
• Rubio Manggubat - Spokesperson New People's Army, Eastern Samar (Sergio Lobina Command)^[38]
• Jaime Virata Mangubat, M.D. (Born: 1927 Manila - Died: 2012 Wayne County, Tennessee, United States) - the street to Wayne County General Hospital was named J. V. Mangubat Drive in his honor. In 2007, the Tennessee Legislature honored him by proclaiming April 13 as Dr. J. V. Mangubat Day.^[39]
• Datu Manggubat - is a fictional character in the Philippine Journal of Education, volume 55 year 1976
• Rajah Mangubat - is a fictional character in the Philippine television series Amaya aired by GMA Network in 2011.
• Ramon Mitra, Jr.

Mactan Island (from Visita to Parochia)

In the early 1600s 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 1600s, 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 Mangubat family, up to the time when Tomasa Mangubat, a daughter of Alejandro Mangubat married the first Rito dela Serna in the 1800s.

Today, the ancient image of Sr. San Roque is still under the care of the dela 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 is 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 the 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

1. The symbol of authority. see: Sceptre and Baton (military)
2. in the Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region (i.e. the Ifugao and the Igorot people)
3. Tausūg people, and Maranao people

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