The first example of such a saint is on Dec. 3: St. Francis Xavier. St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was one of the first generation of Jesuits, who knew St. Ignatius Loyola. St. Francis Xavier ...

MUMBAI, India – Pilgrims have flocked to see the relics of St. Francis Xavier in India. Every decade, the relics of the Jesuit saint are exposed in the Indian state of Goa – this year’s ...

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Today’s feast celebrates the life of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionaries and missions, who led an unlikely life of adventure and heroism, full of unexpected twists and turns ...

“this here contains the relic of a small piece of skin of the body of St Francis Xavier, that is kept in the Basilica of Bom Jesus.” The note has the signature of ‘Jose, Patriarch of Indies ...

Saint Francis Xavier was born in 1506 in the family castle in the Basque region of northern Spain, the fifth and youngest child of noble, wealthy and pious parents. When he was 19 he left home to ...

In a world in which there are “so many people who need Jesus,” St. Francis Xavier is an exemplary model of how to live and share the Gospel with zeal, Pope Francis said Wednesday. The pope ...

The body of Saint Francis Xavier has been housed at the Basilica of Bom Jesus at Old Goa for 400 years. But relics of his body — from his skin to a fingernail and even pieces of cloth — are ...