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Francis Xavier was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619, and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622, at the same time as Ignatius Loyola. Pope Pius XI proclaimed him the "Patron of Catholic Missions". [66]
May 24, 2024 · St. Francis Xavier (born April 7, 1506, Xavier (Javier) Castle, near Sangüesa, Navarre [Spain]—died December 3, 1552, Sancian [now Shangchuan] Island, China; canonized March 12, 1622; feast day December 3) was the greatest Roman Catholic missionary of modern times who was instrumental in the establishment of Christianity in India, the Malay ...
- St. Francis Xavier was a Spanish Jesuit who lived as a Roman Catholic missionary in the 1500s. He was one of the first seven members of the Jesuit...
- St. Francis Xavier was one of the most prolific missionaries of Roman Catholic history. He was instrumental in the establishment of Christianity in...
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- St. Francis Xavier died on December 3, 1552, of fever. Ever seeking to expand his missionary work, he died on the island of Sancian (now Shang-ch’u...
Apr 2, 2014 · Xavier was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1619, and canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. A famed missionary himself, he is now the patron saint of missionaries.
Xavier was beatified by Pope Paul V on Oct. 25, 1619, and canonized by Gregory XV on March 12, 1622 at the same ceremony as Ignatius of Loyola. He is the patron of Catholic missions and his feast day is on December 3.
- Ignatius’ canonization process led to him being presented in more and more saintly ways. According to Penn State professor Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, almost from the moment that Pope Sixtus V established the Sacred Congregation on Rites in 1588 (the antecedent of today’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints), the Society pushed to have Ignatius canonized.
- The 1622 canonization was important to more than just Jesuits. While some in the Society of Jesus may describe March 12 as the canonization of Ignatius and Xavier, in fact, five men and women were canonized on this day: in addition to the Jesuits, St. Teresa of Avila, foundress of the Discalced Carmelites; St. Philip Neri, founder of the Oratorians; and St. Isadore the Laborer.
- The canonization was part of a larger process to strengthen papal authority. The 1622 canonization was also the first time that those canonized had to go through the process of being beatified first.
- The canonization also served an important political end. According to the Jesuit historian John Padberg, in a story relayed by the U.S. Jesuits’ Central and Southern Province communications specialist Jerry Duggan, Gregory chose these saints very specifically.
Mar 4, 2022 · St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola were canonized together by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa is expected to attend the screening.
Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jassu y Javier, 1506-1552), was the first Jesuit missionary and the prototype who inspired many men to enter the Society of Jesus and evangelize far off nations. One of the original group of seven men who founded the Jesuits, he was sent to India before the new religious order received formal approval from the Church.
