Francis Xavier
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title:
Francis Xavier
text:
Francis Xavier, SJ, venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Basque Spaniard. He was a Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan. Born in the town of Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre, he was a companion of Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly the Portuguese E
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Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
date created:
2001-10-17T21:16:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:05:02Z
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