The Augustinians
Reading edition
Another member of the Order of St. Augustine who might have been able to participate in the editing of the 1593 Doctrinas was Diego Muñoz. Muñoz came to the islands in 1578, and died in 1594. Of him San Agustin writes:
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · “Moreover in this year [1581] the ministry for the Sangleys was founded in the convent of Tondo, and P. Fr. Diego Muñoz was named as its speNote 2 · To him is also attributed74 a volume of manuscript panegyric sermons in Tagalog, and because of this and his work at Tondo he may [23] have Note 3 · Although the first Franciscans did not arrive in the Philippines until June 24, 1577, the writings of the linguists of that order are more fNote 4 · “The third and last thing that was determined in this chapter was that a grammar and dictionary of the Tagalog language should be made and a