# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-xavier
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:44:50.161Z

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name: "Francis Xavier"
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description: "One of seven men who took vows on a hill in Paris in 1534 and launched the Society of Jesus — then carried that mission from India to Japan, dying on an island off China's coast while trying to push further in."
tagline: "Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)"
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birthDate: "1506-04-07"
deathDate: "1552-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born in the Kingdom of Navarre on 7 April 1506, became a companion of Ignatius of Loyola, and in 1534 joined six others in taking vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre. As a representative of the Portuguese Empire, he led extensive missionary work across Asia, evangelizing in Portuguese India and writing to King John III in 1546 with proposals to strengthen the faith in Goa — a letter some historians read as a call for what became the Goan Inquisition, though others dispute that interpretation. He pressed into Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and Japan, struggling with local languages and facing opposition, then set his sights on Ming China. He died on Shangchuan Island on 3 December 1552, was canonized in 1622, and in 1927 was named co-patron of all foreign missions.