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Saint Francis Xavier was born on the April 15th 1506, near Pamplona, Spain.
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This time line is all about Saint francis Xavier's life.
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St. Francis Xavier travelled to France there He went to university of Paris and he also met Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius founded the society of Jesus ( the Jesuits).
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St. Francis Xavier at Montmarte,Paris, France on August 15th 1534 took his vows of poverty,chastiy and obedience.
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On June 24th 1537 Saint Francis Xavier and the Society of Jesus ( the Jesuits) went to Venice, Spain. In Venice St. Francis Xavier was ordained a priest.
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April 4th 1541 was the day St. Francis Xavier arrived in Goa, India, francis looked after the sick and taught the children, he spent several months in Goa preaching the lords word.
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In the later months of 1544, St. Francis Xaver babtised a group of south-western Indians known as the Macuans. After preaching to the he ended up babtising a total of 10,000 people.
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When in Japan, St. Francis Xavier found the Japanese to be a great people He found that he had to change his style of preaching in poverty because the Japanese didn't completly agree with him.
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After returning from Japan St. Francis Xavier new the only way of converting the japanese was by converting the Chinese, because the Japanese admired the Chinese and he beleived that the Japanese would follow in the Chinese foot-steps, but sadly on the way to china St. Francis Xavier became ill and died on Shangchuan Island near the China coast on December 3rd 1552.
