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|SaintName=Saint Francis Xavier | |SaintName=Saint Francis Xavier | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
|SaintBirthDate= | |FeastDay=December 03 | ||
|SaintBirthDate=1506-07-04 | |||
|SaintBirthPlace=Javier, Navarre, Kingdom of Spain | |SaintBirthPlace=Javier, Navarre, Kingdom of Spain | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=42.5833, -1.4667 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=42.5833, -1.4667 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1552-03-12 | ||
|DeathPlace=Shangchuan Island, Guangdong, Ming Empire (now China) | |DeathPlace=Shangchuan Island, Guangdong, Ming Empire (now China) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=22.0833, 113.2667 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=22.0833, 113.2667 | ||
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|NotableLabel5=Ruins of St. Paul's (missionary legacy) | |NotableLabel5=Ruins of St. Paul's (missionary legacy) | ||
|NotableCoordinates5=22.1967, 113.5419 | |NotableCoordinates5=22.1967, 113.5419 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Spain; India; Japan; China; Portugal | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope Paul V | |Beatifier=Pope Paul V | ||
|BeatificationLocation=Rome | |BeatificationLocation=Rome | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|CanonizationDate= | |CanonizationDate=1622-12-03 | ||
|Canonizer=Pope Gregory XV | |Canonizer=Pope Gregory XV | ||
|CanonizationLocation=Rome | |CanonizationLocation=Rome | ||
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|SaintMiracle2=Child pulled from drowning | |SaintMiracle2=Child pulled from drowning | ||
|SaintMiracle3=Young man and maid lost at sea saved | |SaintMiracle3=Young man and maid lost at sea saved | ||
|Profession=Missionary; Jesuit priest | |Profession=Missionary; Jesuit priest | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Jesuits | |ReligiousAffiliation=Jesuits | ||
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|Attributes=Crucifix; lily; burning heart; globe; ship; Jesuit cassock | |Attributes=Crucifix; lily; burning heart; globe; ship; Jesuit cassock | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, India | |PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, India | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Francis Xavier''' (Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), also known as '''Francisco Javier''', was a Navarrese-Basque Jesuit priest and missionary who co-founded the [[Society of Jesus]] and became one of the first Christian missionaries to Asia, evangelizing in India, Japan, and the Moluccas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Francis Xavier |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=423 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary Jesuit letters and records, born in Javier Castle, Navarre, to a noble family, Francis studied at the University of Paris, where he met Ignatius of Loyola in 1529, joining the Jesuits in 1534 and being ordained in 1537.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis Xavier |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Commissioned by King John III of Portugal, he arrived in Goa in 1542, baptizing thousands, establishing schools, and combating social ills, before missions to Malacca, the Moluccas, Japan (1549), and China, where he died on Shangchuan Island from fever while awaiting entry. | '''Saint Francis Xavier''' (Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), also known as '''Francisco Javier''', was a Navarrese-Basque Jesuit priest and missionary who co-founded the [[Society of Jesus]] and became one of the first Christian missionaries to Asia, evangelizing in India, Japan, and the Moluccas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Francis Xavier |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=423 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary Jesuit letters and records, born in Javier Castle, Navarre, to a noble family, Francis studied at the University of Paris, where he met Ignatius of Loyola in 1529, joining the Jesuits in 1534 and being ordained in 1537.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis Xavier |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Commissioned by King John III of Portugal, he arrived in Goa in 1542, baptizing thousands, establishing schools, and combating social ills, before missions to Malacca, the Moluccas, Japan (1549), and China, where he died on Shangchuan Island from fever while awaiting entry. | ||