Francis Xavier

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Catholic saint Christian missionary Jesuit co-founder of religious order

Francis Xavier was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, renowned for his extensive evangelizing work in Asia, particularly in India and Japan.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint Francis Xavier 3
St. Francis Xavier 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian missionary ⓘ
Jesuit ⓘ
co-founder of religious order ⓘ
associatedWith Counter-Reformation ⓘ
beatificationDate 1619-10-25 ⓘ
beatifiedBy Pope Paul V ⓘ
birthDate 1506-04-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Navarre ⓘ
Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
surface form: Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre

Spain ⓘ
surface form: present-day Spain
burialPlace Churches and Convents of Goa ⓘ
surface form: Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa, India
canonizationDate 1622-03-12 ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
coFounded Society of Jesus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
deathDate 1552-12-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Shangchuan Island, China ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
familyName Azpilicueta ⓘ
de Jasso ⓘ
feastDay December 3 ⓘ
foundedByTogetherWith Ignatius of Loyola ⓘ
Peter Faber ⓘ
fullName Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta ⓘ
givenName Francisco ⓘ
knownFor early Jesuit missions in India ⓘ
extensive missionary work in Asia ⓘ
introducing Christianity to Japan on a large scale ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Society of Jesus ⓘ
missionaryRegion India ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Malay Archipelago ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Portuguese India ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Goa

Southeast Asia ⓘ
notableEvent arrival in Goa in 1542 ⓘ
arrival in Japan in 1549 ⓘ
occupation missionary ⓘ
priest ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
patronage Apostleship of Prayer ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ
missions ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesuits
title Apostle of Japan ⓘ
Apostle of the Indies ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francisco → associatedSaint → Francis Xavier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Francis Xavier
Peter Faber → closeAssociateOf → Francis Xavier ⓘ
Alfonso Salmerón → closeColleagueOf → Francis Xavier ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Francis Xavier
Society of Jesus → foundedBy → Francis Xavier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Francis Xavier
this entity surface form: Saint Francis Xavier
Ignatius of Loyola → notableStudent → Francis Xavier ⓘ
Peter Faber → studiedWith → Francis Xavier ⓘ