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

                                               
                                           

Born	7 April 1506 Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre, (Spain)
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