Francis Xavier Research Paper

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Francis Xavier was one of the founder of the Jesuit Order. He was born on April 7, 1506 in Xavier Castle, close to Sangüesa, Navarre, Spain and died on December 3, 1552 in Sancian Island, China. His job and occupation was priest, missionary, and a saint. He is known as San Francisco Javier, Francis Xavier, and St. Francis Xavier. This man’s life started on April 7, 1506 in Xavier Castle, close to Sangüesa, Navarre, Spain. He was born into a wealthy family, becoming the fifth and youngest member of the family. When he was nineteen years old, on 1525, he attended University of Paris to start his study of theology. While been in University of Paris, he became extremely close friends with St. Ignatius Loyola. This happened in 1529 when they met because they were roommates. While been roommates and friends, they both had a conversion and decided to assemble a group of men that could share same beliefs and values. Because of the group of men was very successful, on August 15, 1534, the men decided to go to a chapel in Montmartre, Paris and claimed to live their life of poverty and celibacy. …show more content…

On 1537, after the studies was complete, the men decided to go to Venice, Italy and start to be in missionaries to spread the Society of Jesus. Because of this, on June 24, 1537, he was ordained a priest because of his good work in the community and in the world. At the same time, on 1537, he and the men went to Rome and Italy to preach and care for the sick. Through this works, started to gain popularity and fame that even King John III of Portugal asked them for help. Even though they started to gain popularity, on March 15, 1540, he decided to leave and go to Lisbon to keep spreading the group. While he was leaving, Pope Paul III claimed Ignatius’s followers, the Society of Jesus, a religious group. As time passed, two years later, on May 6, 1542, he left Lisbon and Goa and decided to spend the next three years of his life in

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