Dear Goanetters, Since the Jesuit missionary, and follower of St.Ignatius Loyola ,came to Goa during the Portuguese colonial era, some Goans mistakenly believe that he was a Portuguese national. Equally mistaken is the view that 'Goencho Saib' was a Goan priest...even though he is Goa's patron saint and his mortal remains are to this day in Old Goa. I do not think there were passports in those days.
Francisco de Xavier was Spanish by birth and universal in his belief. He was born in Xavier castle at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees mountain range. The present day Basque movement ETA [it does not accept that the Basques are Spanish]would do well to learn a few things from his life. May be we can a few of their leaders to the exposition in December,2004,in Goa. Viva Goa. Miguel de Braganca [Born and brought up in Goa.] > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 23:55:33 +0100 > From: "Colaco-Dias, Paulo R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Vivek> > Also, beware that many of the authorities on which the biographies of > Xavier have been based are untrustworthy so, please allow me a few > corrections to your text: Francisco de Xavier was born in the Basque Region. He was born in 1506 in the kingdom of Navarre, on the northern border of Aragon. He was the youngest of six children. His father, Don Juan de Jassu (Definitely not Dr. Joao de Xavier )was a Doctor of Laws of Bologna. He was also chancellor of Navarre, and married to Dona Maria de Azpilcueta y Xavier, a wealthy lady, sole heiress of two very proud and noble Basque and Navarrese families. Francisco de Xavier was born at his mother's castle of Xavier, at the foot of the Pyrenees and close to the little town of Sanguesa on the 7th April 1506. Following a Spanish > custom, Francisco adopted the surname of his mother [and not of his father] and therefore he was named Francisco de Xavier (i.e.Francisco of Xavier). > Our saint got his surname from his mother, following a very old Spanish custom . Paulo Colaco Dias. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
