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Pedro Monteclaro

Pedro Monteclaro was a Filipino writer and local official from Miagao, Iloilo, on the island of Panay. In 1907 he published the Maragtas, a legendary history of Panay that he said was drawn from older writings and oral tradition. The book was long treated as history before scholars showed it to be a modern compilation.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pedro Monteclaro. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pedro-monteclaro
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“Pedro Monteclaro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pedro-monteclaro. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Pedro Monteclaro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pedro-monteclaro.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Pedro Monteclaro’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pedro-monteclaro (Accessed: ).

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