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This page has some interesting perspectives on SFX.
One inaccuracy creeping in is the claim that
he is the "patron saint" of Goa, an issue which has
been clarified in the past on Goanet.Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier";
Francis Xavier is an Anglican and a Catholic saint. He was beatified by Paul V on October 25, 1619, and was canonized by Gregory XV on March 12, 1622, at the same time as Ignatius Loyola.
In 1839, Theodore James Ryken founded the Xaverian Brothers, or Congregation of St. Francis Xavier (CFX). Currently, over twenty colleges or high schools in the United States are Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools (XBSS).
He is the patron saint of Australia, Borneo, China, East Indies, Goa, Japan, New Zealand.
Many churches all over the world have been named in honor of Xavier. One notable church is the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa. It is one of only 52 minor basilicas in the United States, and the only one outside a metropolitan area.
There is also a top Canadian university named in his honor in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; St. Francis Xavier University. (http://www.stfx.ca)
His feast day is December 3.
The Javierada is an annual peregrination from Pamplona to Xavier instituted in the 1940s.
Xavier is one of the few English names starting with X.
