TOI report by Lisa Monteiro “Saint Francis belonged to these people (Goans) who accepted, followed, and venerated him. It was because of his activity as a preacher in this region that Saint Francis Xavier was given his nickname, Apostle of the Indies or Apostle of the East,” Vassalo e Silva is reported to have said, as recorded by J Filipe Monteiro in “Change of Guard” by Ralph de Sousa.
Roland Francis 416-453-3371 On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 4:31 AM V M <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Happy Holidays from Goa! > > Here's something that recently appeared in the Goa papers as a quote from > the last Portuguese governor: "Saint Francis belonged to these people > (Goans) who accepted, followed, and venerated him. It was because of his > activity as a preacher in this region that Saint Francis Xavier was given > his nickname, Apostle of the Indies or Apostle of the East. Francis > Xavier, by birth was not even Portuguese. He was Spanish. But Saint Francis > Xavier is a Goan. And here he should stay. In his land. In the land that > made him holy.” > > Can anyone please point me to the source or any accounts of these comments > by Vassalo Silva? I'd be most grateful. > > Warm regards, > > VM > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAN1wPW4rS1m7HbXB_6_45gQScLM%2BmbZD6yQdcuCsX2zhx7yYhg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAN1wPW4rS1m7HbXB_6_45gQScLM%2BmbZD6yQdcuCsX2zhx7yYhg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2Bx1-5QweuccOsF_3TRt%2BHnfUDjwN6wx6b2Rqw%3DXQTu8hYGAUg%40mail.gmail.com.
