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  1. Xavier, St Francis
    (1506-1552) Spanish Jesuit missionary. He went to the Portuguese colonies in the East Indies, arriving at Goa in 1542. He was in Japan 1549-51, establishing a Christian mission that lasted for 100 years. He...
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  2. Xavier, St Francis
    Spanish Jesuit missionary. He went to the Portuguese colonies in the East Indies, arriving at Goa in 1542. He was in Japan 1549–51, establishing a Christian mission that lasted for 100 years. He returned to Goa in 1552, and sailed for China, but died of fever there. He was canonized in 1622
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002683.html

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