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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Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta canonical 3

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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