In Malaysia, St. Francis Xavier met a Japanese who interested him in that island nation and, from 1549-52 was involved in spreading the Gospel there. The year 1552 found him back in Goa.

Saint Francis Xavier ranks among the great missionaries in Catholic history. Historians place the number of baptisms he celebrated as close to 100,000. He was known to have conducted his life’s ...

St. Francis Xavier - December 3 Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the ...