Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta

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Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, better known as Francis Xavier, was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus who played a key role in spreading Christianity in Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
Christian missionary
Jesuit
co-founder of religious order
human
alsoKnownAs Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier
linked to: Francis Xavier

San Francisco Javier
birthDate 1506-04-07
birthPlace Navarre
Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre
present-day Spain
canonizationDate 1622-03-12
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Gregory XV
coFounded Society of Jesus
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Kingdom of Navarre
deathDate 1552-12-03
deathPlace Shangchuan Island
near Canton, China
educatedAt University of Paris
linked to: Sorbonne University
familyName de Jasso y Azpilicueta
feastDay December 3
fieldOfWork Christian missionary work
evangelization in Asia
foundedByTogetherWith Ignatius of Loyola
Peter Faber
givenName Francisco
knownFor early Jesuit missions in India and Japan
spreading Christianity in Asia
languageUsed Latin
Portuguese
Spanish
memberOf Society of Jesus
notableWork mission to India
mission to Japan
missionary efforts in Southeast Asia
occupation missionary
priest
theologian
patronage Navarre
missionaries
missions
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
traveledTo Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Goa
Japan
Malacca
Moluccas
linked to: Maluku Islands

Portuguese India
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Francis Xavier fullName Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta
Francis Xavier birthName Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta
subject linked to: de Jasso
Francis Xavier hasBirthName Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta
subject linked to: Azpilicueta