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About St. Francis Xavier
1506 – 1552 · Feast December 3 · Priest / Jesuit / Missionary
Basque Jesuit missionary (1506-1552), one of the original companions of St. Ignatius at Paris; sent by John III of Portugal as papal legate to the East Indies in 1541. Evangelized Goa, the Fishery Coast, Malacca, the Moluccas, and inaugurated the Jesuit mission in Japan (1549). Died on Shangchuan island awaiting passage to China.
St. Francis Xavier is the patron saint of Foreign Missions, Missionaries, India and Japan.
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