[Today in History] April 7

April 7, 1541: On his thirty-fifth birthday, Francis Xavier, cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, for Goa, India. The first Roman Catholic missionary there, he also traveled to Japan, Sri Lanka, and other countries in Asia. It is hard to say how many people Xavier, the Roman Catholic patron saint of all missions, converted; the figure goes as high as 1 million, but modern scholars peg the number around 30,000. Jesuits claim 700,000.

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  1. 프란시스 하비에르의 이름을 따서 우리 학교의 건물 이름을 X관이라고 불렀습니다. 그런데도 하비에르가 포르투갈 출신인 것을 오늘 알았네요... ^^

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    1. 아, 그러셨군요^^ 정확히는 하비에르는 스페인출신인데 당시 아시아권은 포르투갈의 관할하에 있었기에 예수회신부로 포르투갈에서 배를 타고 인도로 항해하였던 것으로 알아요.

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