Person saint missionary priest
Francis Xavier
Francisco Xavier
saint · missionary · priest · religious order member
Jesuit saint and apostle of the Indies whose canonisation was celebrated in Funchal in 1622 with a religious play. His body was exposed in Goa under Archbishop D. Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos, and his beatification was the subject of a sermon by Padre Luís de Morais.
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- Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Dom Aires de) — Jesuit apostle of the Indies whose body was exposed in Goa under Ornelas.
- Theatre — Jesuit saint whose canonisation was celebrated in Funchal in 1622 with a religious play.
- Morais (Father Luís de) — Jesuit saint whose beatification was the subject of Morais's sermon.
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