Francis Xavier (1506-1552),Spanish missionary and saint. Xavier was born to an aristocratic family in Xavier,then in the Kingdom of Navarre. He went to Paris in 1525 to study. He then became a Catholic missionary and with five others founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1534. Xavier travelled extensively on missions in Asia,travelling to Portuguese India,Portuguese Malacca (in present-day Indonesia),and Japan. He died of a fever while attempting to reach China. Xavier,who converted thousands to Christianity,was declared a saint in 1622. Artwork from 'Historia da vida do padre Francisco de Xavier' (1600) | |
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