Detailed biography of the Jesuit missionary. In the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Some scanner errors.

From the book "Saints for Sinners," by Alban Goodier.

Pamphlet by Francis Mathy, S.J., on Xavier as a model missionary. Illustrated. Includes biographical information and excerpts from the saint's writings. 206K.

Hagiography. From Fr. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.

From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

Historical essay by the late John Laures, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of St. Francis Xavier in Japan.

Biography.

Illustrated biography of St. Francis Xavier. Includes discussion of variants of his name.

Essay on the saint as a model of generosity.

The lion's share of this page is devoted to a biographical essay on St. Francis Xavier. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Illustrated profile.

Report on annual celebration honoring the saint in Goa, India.

Biography.

Biographical article on one of the first Jesuits, and missionary to Asia, who died in 1552.

Detailed biography of St. Francis Xavier, focusing on his activities in Japan.