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Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan.
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culture · Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552) · missionary · writer · explorer · Latin Catholic priest · Catholic theologian · also Francis Xavier, François Xavier, Francesco Saverio, Francisco Javier, Franciscus Xaverius, Franz Xaver
Born 7 April 1506 · Died 3 December 1552 · Q163900
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2026· 14 entries
educatemagazine.com: St Francis Xavier’s students celebrate a memorable results day
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Education News Canada: St. Francis Xavier University - StFX computer science researchers tackle a core challenge in AI with evolutionary approach
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Sydney Catholic Schools: A new chapter for St Francis Xavier’s Lurnea with upgraded spaces and refreshed identity
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Tribute Archive: Mary Harminy Francis Xavier Obituary | Chapel Ridge Funeral Home | Markham, ON
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Crain Funeral Home: Francis Xavier Scherer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information
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Sport: François-Xavier Laffin, alcalde de Chamonix, sobre la UTMB: "Una gran mayoría de los vecinos detesta este evento"
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educatemagazine.com: Strong results pave the way for exciting futures at St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Academy Sixth Form
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Modern Ghana: One-time finalists St. Francis Xavier Junior Seminary SHS are back on the national stage.
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Shiksha.com: Francis Xavier Engineering College Cutoff 2026 (Out): Check TANCET Round Wise Cutoff Rank & Trends
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Mundoclasico.com: London Symphony Orchestra, Debussy, Ravel, François-Xavier Roth
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Indiatimes: Reacher Season 3 recap: Did Jack Reacher kill Francis Xavier Quinn and solve the case and how does the finale set the stage for Season 4?
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UCA News: Malacca’s historic St. Francis Xavier Church lives the mission
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2025· 1 entry
America Magazine: A lesson from St. Francis Xavier: We can’t guide others to Christ unless we orient ourselves to him
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2024· 3 entries
National Catholic Register: St. Francis Xavier, Pray for Us!
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Crux: Francis Xavier is ‘an inspiration and model’ says Cardinal Tagle on feast day
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National Catholic Register: St. Francis Xavier’s Relics Draws 12,000 in Goa, India, for Decennial Exposition
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2006· 2 entries
Marked the 500th anniversary of the saint's birth
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Pope Benedict XVI said of both Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier: "not only their history which was interwoven for many years from Paris and Rome, but a unique desire – a unique passion, it could be said – moved and
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1927· 1 entry
Pope Pius XI published the decree Apostolicorum in Missionibus naming Francis Xavier, along with Thérèse of Lisieux, co-patron of all foreign missions
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1869· 1 entry
A small chapel designed by Achille-Antoine Hermitte was completed over Xavier's death-place on Shangchuan Island, Canton
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1552· 1 entry
Died 1552-12-03.
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1530· 1 entry
Studied at Collège Sainte-Barbe, Master of Arts (1525–1530).
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1506· 1 entry
Born 1506-04-07.
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