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Full Name
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta
Resting Country
Resting City
Goa
Feast
Feast Text
The celebration day
Feast Date
3
12
Birth place
Birth Country
Birth City
Javier
Death place
Death Country
Death City
Shangchuan Island
Age
46
Places of Mission
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Mission Country
Shrines
Shrine Country
Shrine City
Goa
Name of place (church)
Basilica of Bom Jesus
Beatified Country
Beatified City
Rome
Canonised Country
Canonised City
Rome
Biography

I was born in Spain in 1506. Almost twenty years later, I went to study at the University of Paris. There I encountered Ignatius of Loyola, who experienced a religious conversion whilst recovering from a war wound. I was inspired by his example. After following a long path together, I joined him in founding the Society of Jesus in 1534. Three years later, I was ordained a priest. We wanted to visit the Holy Land, but the battle between Venice and the Ottoman Empire made the trip impossible. Instead, I went to Rome to offer my services to the Pope. Impressed by the Jesuits, the king of Portugal asked for missionaries to work in his empire. As I was sent out to proclaim the Gospel, I started my life as a missionary. Among other places, I went to preach in Portugal, many cities of India, Japan and Malaysia. I then desired  to go to China, but I got sick and died at the age of 46 before reaching mainland China.

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Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
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Sucre
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Cape Town
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Goa
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Navarra
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Zagreb
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Depiction in iconography
Attributes in iconography
Birth Date
7
4
1506
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Off
Death Date
3
12
1552
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Off
Beatified
25
10
1619
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Off
Canonised
12
3
1622
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Off
Vocation
Description
Priest of the Society of Jesus (SJ); Missionary
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Gender
Male