Christianization of the Visayas

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The Christianization of the Visayas was the 16th–17th century process by which Spanish missionaries and colonial authorities converted the Visayan peoples of central Philippines to Roman Catholicism, reshaping their religious, cultural, and social life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical process ⓘ
part of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines ⓘ
religious conversion campaign ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Cebuano people ⓘ
Hiligaynon people ⓘ
Visayan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Visayan people

Waray people ⓘ
associatedWithEvent arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi in Cebu ⓘ
associatedWithObject Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ
carriedOutBy Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
Spanish missionaries ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
hasEffect adoption of Christian festivals and fiestas ⓘ
creation of reducciones (resettlement towns) ⓘ
decline of indigenous priestly classes (babaylan) ⓘ
integration of Visayan communities into Spanish colonial structures ⓘ
introduction of Christian marriage and baptismal rites ⓘ
introduction of Spanish personal names and surnames ⓘ
introduction of parish-based town organization ⓘ
reorientation of Visayan cosmology around Christian doctrines ⓘ
spread of Roman Catholicism in the Visayas ⓘ
syncretism between Catholic and indigenous beliefs ⓘ
transformation of Visayan religious practices ⓘ
initiatedBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
involvedReligiousOrder Augustinians ⓘ
Dominicans ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
languageOfMission Cebuano ⓘ
linked to: Cebuano language

Hiligaynon ⓘ
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Waray-Waray ⓘ
linked to: Waray of Samar
location Bohol ⓘ
linked to: Bohol Province

Cebu ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
Negros ⓘ
linked to: Negros Island

Panay ⓘ
Samar ⓘ
linked to: Samar Island
mainSubject Visayas ⓘ
partOf Christianization of the Philippines ⓘ
Hispanization of the Philippines ⓘ
religionIntroduced Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedReligion indigenous Visayan animism ⓘ
indigenous ancestor worship ⓘ
indigenous polytheistic beliefs ⓘ
significantYear 1565 ⓘ
1568 ⓘ
1595 ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
usedMethod baptism campaigns ⓘ
establishment of parishes and missions ⓘ
integration of chiefs and elites into colonial-church alliances ⓘ
missionary preaching ⓘ
religious instruction in local languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity in the Philippines → historicalEvent → Christianization of the Visayas ⓘ
Santo Niño de Cebu → associatedWithEvent → Christianization of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the Visayas
Roman Catholicism in the Philippines → hasHistoricalEvent → Christianization of the Philippine lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the Visayas
Christianization of the Visayas → partOf → Christianization of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the Visayas