What was the Mass in 1521 in Spain?

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I was reading over some Philippine History and Magellan celebrated the First Mass in the Philippines in 1521. In a celebration of the first Mass some years ago, they celebrated the Tridentine Mass at the spot believed to be where the first Mass in the country was celebrated. Then I figured that the Tridentine Mass didn’t become standard until 1570. So I’m curious what sort of Mass was actually celebrated by Magellan and the Spanish fleet (Magellan’s journey was in behalf of Spain, even though he’s Portuguese). It would have been what’s used in Spain in 1521.
 
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I was reading over some Philippine History and Magellan celebrated the First Mass in the Philippines in 1521. In a celebration of the first Mass some years ago, they celebrated the Tridentine Mass at the spot believed to be where the first Mass in the country was celebrated. Then I figured that the Tridentine Mass didn’t become standard until 1570. So I’m curious what sort of Mass was actually celebrated by Magellan and the Spanish fleet (Magellan’s journey was in behalf of Spain, even though he’s Portuguese). It would have been what’s used in Spain in 1521.
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They probably used the Pre-Tridentine Roman Rite. Because it was not standardized, almost every city had it’s own particular “use”, so the particulars of the Mass varied. The Mozarabic Rite was officially replaced by the Roman Rite in the 11th century in Spain, but it is very possible that they could have used this version as well, since it is specifically associated with the nation of Spain. There might also be a remote chance that it was the Gallician or Bragan Rite, since they were used in Spain and Portugal, but the other choices are far more likely.
 
I would guess that there is also a very high chance that it might have been the rite or use of a particular religious order. Somehow I doubt that they sent diocesan priests along with Magellan. 🙂
 
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I was reading over some Philippine History and Magellan celebrated the First Mass in the Philippines in 1521. In a celebration of the first Mass some years ago, they celebrated the Tridentine Mass at the spot believed to be where the first Mass in the country was celebrated. Then I figured that the Tridentine Mass didn’t become standard until 1570. So I’m curious what sort of Mass was actually celebrated by Magellan and the Spanish fleet (Magellan’s journey was in behalf of Spain, even though he’s Portuguese). It would have been what’s used in Spain in 1521.
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Was it a particular order who celebrated the Mass in the Philippines? The mass was certainly in Latin, as were all masses in Italy, Germany, Spain, France, and England. It could’ve been the Mozarabic Rite, too, since that was permitted in Spain beginning, at the latest, in 1517. The Wikipedia article on pre-Tridentine liturgies might help, too.
 
Magellan probably used the Gallican rite, with processes and a lot of individual inventions like the new rite.

Still the Mass is the Mass of All Ages, because not th words and rites, but the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ makes the Mass.
 
This is what Fr. Jose Gutay, OFM has to say about the matter:

“This is a historical error because it is a secular priest (not even a religious) Don Pedro de Valderama, chaplain of the expedition, who accompanied Magellan to the Philippines. He also said the first mass in the Philippines.”

So I guess, if Fr. Pedro de Valderama wasn’t a religious, he must’ve not used a particular order’s rite.
 
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This is what Fr. Jose Gutay, OFM has to say about the matter:

“This is a historical error because it is a secular priest (not even a religious) Don Pedro de Valderama, chaplain of the expedition, who accompanied Magellan to the Philippines. He also said the first mass in the Philippines.”

So I guess, if Fr. Pedro de Valderama wasn’t a religious, he must’ve not used a particular order’s rite.
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I was going to say that an account said he was a Friar, so my guess is a Dominican. But this does bring light to is. So I wonder what form of Mass he would have said.
 
More evidence that it was a secular priest who officiated:

“On August 10, 1519 the fleet sailed westward from Seville in search of a passageway to the Moluccas. It was manned by a crew of 270 men and there were 2 chaplains both were secular priests: Father Pedro de Valderama and another one a French by nationality who was latter abandoned by Magellan in the coast of Brazil.” (Source: SSPX District of Asia)

“In 1521, the Spanish friar Pedro de Valderrama met the queen of Cebu who was moved to tears when the secular priest showed her an image of the miraculous Holy Child, carved in Flanders and sporting the flamboyance of the baroque; its kingly emblems, the crown, the scepter and the orb signifying dominion.” (Source: Flickr)

Maybe Fr. Pedro de Valderrama used the pre-Tridentine Roman Rite as suggested by RollTide earlier.
 
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