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Francis Xavier

Also known as Saint Francis Xavier, Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, Franciscus Xaverius, Francisco Javier, Franz Xaver, Frantzisko Xabierkoa, Francesco Saverio, François Xavier

Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)

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Francis Xavier was a male person from Germany. His musical output is categorized under the genres of German, pop, pop soul, and soul. He is also associated with the House and techno genres, as well as Australia.

The subject has been referenced by 3,942 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1909
Died: 1965
Works: 13

Top works

Adventures in reading -- Classic Edition
A rhetoric case book
Wisdom of the saints
Give Beauty back
The art of rhetoric

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1971-10-02

germanpoppop soulsoul

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 623
Total plays: 3,444

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,148x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,855x
pROC: an open-source package for R and S+ to analyze and compare ROC curves
· 2011 · cited 11,854x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x

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Quotes

“St Xavier had come to the East representing both the Pope ‑ as a Legate ‑ and the King as an inspector of missions. As missionary work was a State enterprise charged to the Crown's revenues in Portugal, this identification of national, interests with religious activity should not be a matter of surprise.”
“The impatient Xavier, still dissatisfied with the result of his labour wrote to the King of Portugal that the only hope of increasing the number of Christians was by the use of the secular power of the State. As a result of this note, the King issued orders that in Goa and other Portuguese settlements, “all idols shall be sought out and destroyed, and severe penalties shall be laid upon all such as shall dare to make an idol or shall shelter or hide a Brahmin”.”
“But it was St. Xavier who made anti-Brahminism the central theme of his missionary thrust. “These are,” he wrote, “the most perverse people in the world...they never tell the truth, but think of nothing but how to tell subtle lies and to deceive the simple and ignorant people...the poor simple people do exactly what the Brahmins tell them...If there were no Brahmins in the area, all Hindus would accept conversion to our faith.””
“By the aid of the vice-regal troops he pulled down the heathen temples in the neighbourhood of Goa, and appropriated their very considerable property for the use and benefit of the new College." (Page 89)”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Francisco
Gender: male
Citizenship: Crown of Castile
Place of birth: Javier
Place of death: Shangchuan Island
Father: Juan de Jaso
Occupation: Latin Catholic priest
Position held: apostle
Educated at: Collège Sainte-Barbe
Employer: Catholic Church
Languages spoken: Malay
Native language: Basque
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Església Betlem sant Francesc Xavier.jpg
Work location: Vienna
Religious order: Society of Jesus

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member of: Western Christianity
Commons category: Francis Xavier
date of birth: 1506-04-07
date of death: 1552-12-02
topic's main category: Category:Francis Xavier
feast day: December 3
Commons Creator page: Francis Xavier
Commons gallery: Francis Xavier
place of burial: Church of the Gesù
religious name: Franzisko Xabier
P6482: Francis Xavier
nickname: गोंयचो साइब
name in native language: Francisco Jaso Azpilicueta
student: Bernardo the Japanese
partner in business or sport: Anjirō
subject has role: Confessor of the Faith

Sources (11)

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Works in European collections

13 objects attributed to Francis Xavier, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Sancti Francisci Xaverii, E Societate Jesu Indiarum Apostoli, Epistolarum Libri Quinque

Sancti Francisci Xavierii Epistolarum libri quatuor noua quarumdam accessione opus omnibus operariis Euangelicis perutile

Letters of S. Francisco Xavier, apostol of the Indies in which it is deduced to see a lively portrait of his fervent spirit breathing in his closets a burning love of virtue, and a relentless hatred of vises

Sermoens do P. Francisco Xavier da Congregaçao do Oratorio .. segunda parte ..

Sermoens do P. Francisco Xavier da Congregaçao do Oratorio .. primeira parte ..

S. Francisci Xauerii e Societate Iesu Indiarum apostoli epistolarum liber quintus siue epistolae nouae XVIII

Une nuit terrible, vaudeville en un acte

Il Tappezziere ovvero Ernesto e Carlotta ... trad. di Francesco Gandini

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Encyclopedic overview

Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan.

Born in the town of Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre, he was a companion of Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534. He led extensive missionary work across Asia, primarily within the Portuguese Empire in the East, and played a significant role in the evangelization of early modern India, particularly through his activities in Portuguese India. In 1546, Francis Xavier wrote to King John III of Portugal proposing measures to strengthen the Christian faith in Goa. Some historians interpret this letter as a request for the establishment of the Goan Inquisition, while others contend that he instead called for the appointment of a special minister dedicated solely to promoting Christianity in Goa.

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Francis Xavier