Thursday 26 January 2012

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER


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

                                               
                                           
Born7 April 1506
XavierKingdom of Navarre, (Spain)
Died3 December 1552 (aged 46)
Shangchuan IslandChina
Honored inRoman Catholic Church,Lutheran ChurchAnglican Communion
Beatified25 October 1619 by Paul V
Canonized12 March (12 April) 1622 byGregory XV
Feast3 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











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  2. Thank you SHEENA for your kind words !By GOD'S
    GRACE,HE has tuned me into SPIRITUALITY !HE came
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