November 3: St. Francis Xavier
#KnowYourSaints: St. Francis Xavier was born in 1506 in the family castle in the Basque region of northern Spain, the fifth and youngest child of noble, wealthy, and pious parents. He was one of St. Ignatius Loyola’s closest friends and an original founding companion of the Society of Jesus, and is most honored by the Catholic Church, other Christian churches, and the Jesuit order for his missionary accomplishments particularly in India, Southeast Asia and Japan. He lived his life with zeal for the Greater Glory of God. He died in the year 1552 on the Chinese Island of Shangchwan and was canonized in 1622 and made patron of the Propagation of the Faith in 1910 and in 1927 was named patron of the missions.
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