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Short biography of the Spanish Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. |
The Spanish Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier born in Javier ( Xavero ), Navarre, near Pamplona, Spain in 1506. He went to Paris in 1528 to studied at the University there. He met there Ignatius Loyola. Together with him and five others they became the group 'Society of Jesus' . Xavier left France in 1536 and traveled to Italy, he stayed in Venice and Rome. After that Francis Xavier made many journeys. He visited Goa, India, Indies, Malacca and Japan. In 1552 Xavier died. |
The Spanish Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. |
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