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 University of Paris. There he met Saint ...
A three-day international conference in Goa focuses on the life, work and legacy of the Spanish Jesuit missionary ...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced the renaming of Short Street in Kolkata after St Francis Xavier, a 16th-century ...