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to a hilltop area where it has remained to this day. He also began to immerse himself in the study of the
Tagalog language and was able to preach his homily in Tagalog for the first time on 15 August 1591 on the occasion of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Antipolo.
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302:"Today in Philippine history: 16 September 1635, Father Pedro Chirino died in Manila"
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