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Few may know that the Professed House block has a room where rare antiquities belonging to Bom Jesus were kept, including one of the early coffins in which the body of St. Francis Xavier was kept, at least from 1744 till 1953. The Archbishop of Pamplona (Navarre) and the Rector of the Castle of Xavier had asked for this coffin in 1976, and the Bishop of Goa had indicated its consent, but the Archaeological survey objected, declaring it to be of historical value. It would be interesting and important to know now how the Archaeological Survey guaranteed its preservation. There were also several other items of historical interest kept there. Only a few items were taken out to be kept at the new Archdiocesan Museum which was inaugurated at Rachol Seminary and later shiften to Santa Monica (Mater Dei) monastery. Teotonio R. de Souza
