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Choco is a criminal responsible for the martyrdom of San Pedro calungsod. | '''Choco''' is a Chinese criminal and one of the people responsible for the martyrdom of San Pedro calungsod. | ||
== history == | == history == | ||
Little was unknown about his entire life. Then he was exiled to Guam for a crime he committed. | |||
Choco began spreading rumors that the baptismal water used by missionaries was poisonous. He was envious that they are gaining reputation over the natives. As some sickly Chamorro infants who were baptized eventually died, many believed the story and held the missionaries responsible. Choco was readily supported by the ''macanjas'' (medicine men) and the ''urritaos'' (young males) who despised the missionaries. | |||
In their search for a runaway companion named Esteban, Pedro and San Vitores came to the village of Tumon, Guam on April 2, 1672. There they learnt that the wife of the village's chief Mata'pang had given birth to a daughter, and they immediately went to baptize the child. Influenced by the calumnies of Choco, Chief Mata'pang strongly opposed; to give him some time to calm down, the missionaries gathered the children and some adults of the village at the nearby shore and started chanting with them the tenets of the Catholic faith. They invited Mata'pang to join them, but he shouted back that he was angry with God and was fed up with Christian teachings. | In their search for a runaway companion named Esteban, Pedro and San Vitores came to the village of Tumon, Guam on April 2, 1672. There they learnt that the wife of the village's chief Mata'pang had given birth to a daughter, and they immediately went to baptize the child. Influenced by the calumnies of Choco, Chief Mata'pang strongly opposed; to give him some time to calm down, the missionaries gathered the children and some adults of the village at the nearby shore and started chanting with them the tenets of the Catholic faith. They invited Mata'pang to join them, but he shouted back that he was angry with God and was fed up with Christian teachings. | ||
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Mata'pang took Father Diego's crucifix and pounded it with a stone whilst blaspheming God. Both assassins then undressed the corpses of both Pedro and Father Diego, tied large stones to the feet, and after loading these on their proas, dumped the bodies out in Tumon Bay. | Mata'pang took Father Diego's crucifix and pounded it with a stone whilst blaspheming God. Both assassins then undressed the corpses of both Pedro and Father Diego, tied large stones to the feet, and after loading these on their proas, dumped the bodies out in Tumon Bay. | ||
It remains unknown how Choco died. | |||
[[Category:Criminals]] | [[Category:Criminals]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Villains]] | [[Category:Asian Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Deceased]] | |||
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