DIVINITY OF SAMADHIES OF SAINTS (CONTD)
--TOOK UP PRIESTHOOD, WHEN HE WAS
31YEARS OLD.
--LANDED AT GOA IN 1542,AT THE AGE OF
36YEARS
--BUILT NEARLY 40 CHURCHES ALONG
EAST COAST OF SOUTHERN INDIA &
CONVERTED PEOPLE TO CHRISTIANITY.
--WENT TO CEYLON,INDONESIA ,JAPAN
PROPAGATING CHRISTIANITY.
--CAME BACK TO GOA, SAILED TO
ISLAND SHANGCHUAN OF CHINA IN
1552.DIED DUE TO FEVER IN 1552,AT
THE AGE OF 46 YEARS.
--BODY BURIED AT SHANGCHUAN OF CHINA,
REMOVED IN 1553 & SENT TO MALACCA.
BODY WAS FOUND INCORRUPT ! END
OF 1553 BODY WAS SHIPPED BACK TO GOA.
--BODY IS KEPT IN A GLASS CONTAINER
ENCASED IN A SILVER CASKET.
-- SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER'S BODY at BOM
JESUS CATHEDRAL at GOA.
SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER |
Born | 7 April 1506 Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre, (Spain) |
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Died | 3 December 1552 (aged 46) Shangchuan Island, China |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church,Lutheran Church, Anglican Communion |
Beatified | 25 October 1619 by Paul V |
Canonized | 12 March (12 April) 1622 byGregory XV |
Feast | 3 December |
Relics of St. Francis Xavier |
Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa,
Interior view towards altar
During his missionary work,he spent most of his time
with poor & sick, all the while converting people to
CHRISTIANITY.Facing all odds of sailing in those days
he fulfilled his mission & became a saint ! FOR MORE DETAILS PL. VISIT-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Francis_Xavier http://www.cin.org/franxav.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Bom_Jesus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm |
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--ATHMA