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Francis Xavier

Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506-1552) · Spain · Religious Figures · Died at 46

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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.

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2025Feast day, 3 December.3 December 20241552Died3 December 15521545“One of Xavier's colleagues in this mission of christianising the Hindus was Miguel Vaz, the Vicar General of India appointed by Rome.”In their wordsNovember 1545Letter dated November 1545. (Joseph Wicki, Documenta Indica, Vol. 1). Quoted in Goel, S. R. (1985). St. Francis Xavier: The man and his

“Following the baptisms, the new Christians return to their homes and come back with their wives and families to be in their turn prepared for baptism.”In their words8 February 1545Letter dated February 8, 1545, to the Society of Jesus. Quoted from Goel, S. R. (1985). St. Francis Xavier: The man and his mission.

“All the heathen are filled with admiration at the holiness of the law of God, and express the greatest shame at having lived so long in ignorance of the true God.”In their wordsJanuary 1545Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, on his experiences in Travancore in a letter of January 1545, written from Cochin. Kuriakose,

1506Born7 April 1506

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  1. One of Xavier's colleagues in this mission of christianising the Hindus was Miguel Vaz, the Vicar General of India appointed by Rome.

    Nov 1545, Letter dated November 1545. (Joseph Wicki, Documenta Indica, Vol. 1). Quoted in Goel, S. R. (1985). St. Francis Xavier: The man and his, Own words

  2. Following the baptisms, the new Christians return to their homes and come back with their wives and families to be in their turn prepared for baptism.

    Feb 8, 1545, Letter dated February 8, 1545, to the Society of Jesus. Quoted from Goel, S. R. (1985). St. Francis Xavier: The man and his mission., Own words

  3. All the heathen are filled with admiration at the holiness of the law of God, and express the greatest shame at having lived so long in ignorance of the true God.

    Jan 1545, Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, on his experiences in Travancore in a letter of January 1545, written from Cochin. Kuriakose,, Own words

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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.

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Lived 1506 to 1552 · aged 46

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