St Francis Xavier

St Francis Xavier he was born on the 7th of April 1506 and died on the 3rd of December.He was canonized on the 12th March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Francis Xavier was born in the royal castle of Xavier in the Kingdom of Navarre. His dad died when he was only 9 years old. He went to study in Paris at the College Sainte-Barbe. He left Lisbon on his 35th birthday in 1541.He died from suffering a fever while he was waiting for a boat.

He was first buried on a beach on the Shangchuan Beach. Then his body was taken to St Paul's church in Portugal in Malacca on the 22nd March 1553.