* 1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima ( Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549 ).

Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool-12th grade include Regents School of Austin, Redeemer Lutheran School, Garza ( public ), Austin Discovery School ( public charter ), Austin Jewish Academy, The Austin Waldorf School, The Griffin School, The Khabele School, Concordia Academy, St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School, Holy Family Catholic School, San Juan Diego Catholic High School, Brentwood Christian School, St. Austin Catholic School, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, St. Mary's, St. Theresa's, St. Michael's Catholic Academy, St. Gabriel's Catholic School, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, St. Francis Episcopal School, Saint Paul Lutheran School, Trinity Episcopal School, Huntington-Surrey, Cleaview Sudbury School, The Inside Outside School, ACE Academy, Paragon Preparatory Middle School, Austin International School, The Progress School and a number of Montessori schools.

* The Shadow Witness and The Doom of Saint Quirec, with Francis Burnand ( 1875 – 76 )

On May 5, 1940 Pope Pius XII named her a joint Patron Saint of Italy along with Saint Francis of Assisi.

:* Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School, a private high school

Saint Francis of Assisi, in Catholicism, is said to have received instruction directly from God and it is believed that he grants plenary indulgence to all who confess their sins and visit his chapel on the appropriate day.

Other popular landmarks and monuments include the Mansion House, the Anna Livia monument, the Molly Malone statue, Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral, Saint Francis Xavier Church on Upper Gardiner Street near Mountjoy Square, The Custom House, and Áras an Uachtaráin.

Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa

The feast of Saint Francis Xavier is celebrated on 8 December, although it is celebrated sometimes on 3 December.

In the year 2009, the was Sam Fransikachea Visvaxiponnachea Dekhin, Jezu-Noketra Bhaxen Porzollum-ia, which translates from Konkani into English as ' Inspired by the faithfulness of Saint Francis, let us shine like Jesus, the Star ', probably based on the year's pastoral theme of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão Noketram Bhaxen, Sonvsarant Porzollum-ia which translates into English as ' Shine like Stars, in the World '.

The theme of the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, draws light from the Universal Church's declaration of 2009-10 as the Year for Priests.

This year masses are being held mainly in Konkanni, besides English, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Portuguese and Spanish languages, but most, if not all the Masses, conclude with the recessional hymn Sam Fransisku Xaviera, Vhodda Kunvra ( In English it roughly translates Our Saint Francis Xavier, Great Prince ).

Saint Francis Xavier's relics are kept in a silver casket, elevated inside the Bom Jesus Basilica and are exposed ( brought at ground level ) when the Archbishop of Goa e Damão decides.

Bones of Saint Francis Xavier are also found in the Espirito Santo ( Holy Spirit ) Church, Margão and in Sanv Fransiku Xavierachi Igorz ( Church of St. Francis Xavier ), Batpal, Canacona, Goa.

Other pilgrimage centres include Saint Francis Xavier's birthplace in Navarra, Church of Il Gesu, Rome, Malacca ( where he was buried for 2 years, before being brought to Goa ), Sancian ( Place of death ) etc.

*" Saint Francis Xavier " is featured in the Japanese gore film, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and is responsible for the death of Vampire Girl's mother.

* Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa The Shrine of Saint Francis Xavier

* Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia

* The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506-1552 Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893 London: Burns and Oates, ( 1872 )

* Saint Francis Xavier at Patron Saints Index

One of the first painters in the post-classical period to use this technique was the Isaac Master in the Upper Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.

Saint Francis of Assisi ( born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone ; 1181 died: October 3, 1226 ) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher.

At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city ’ s Guild of Saint Luke and later became dean.

Electrothermal AAS ( ET AAS ) using graphite tube atomizers was pioneered by Boris V. L ’ vov at the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute, Russia, since the late 1950s, and further investigated by Hans Massmann at the Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy ( ISAS ) in Dortmund, Germany.

Saint Thomas Aquinas ’ argument from contingency applies even if the universe had no beginning, but it would still have to be sustained in being at any particular moment by God.

In Acts of the Apostles, Ephesian metal smiths who felt threatened by Saint Paul ’ s preaching of Christianity, jealously rioted in her defense, shouting “ Great is Diana of the Ephesians !” ( Acts 19: 28, New English Bible ).

He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women ’ s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis.

Shooting began on March 16, 1959 with Anita Ekberg climbing the stairs to the cupola of Saint Peter ’ s in a mammoth décor constructed at Cinecittà.

** Grolla d ’ Oro at Saint Vincent Film Festival for Best Director

* A. Terian, Patriotism And Piety In Armenian Christianity: The Early Panegyrics On Saint Gregory, St Vladimir ’ s Seminary Press, 2005

* The Estoire del Saint Graal, the first part of the Vulgate Cycle ( but written after Lancelot and the Queste ), based on Robert ’ s tale but expanding it greatly with many new details.

Konrad Kurzbold laid the foundation stone for Saint George ’ s Monastery Church, where he was also buried.

Saint George ’ s Cathedral ( Sankt-Georgs-Dom ) built on the old monastery church ’ s site, and also called Georgsdom, was consecrated in 1235.

Both orders soon set about constructing churches and schools, the most notable of which were the Jesuit Cathedral of Saint Paul and the St. Dominic ’ s Church built by the Dominicans.

They called the island " Santa Apolonia " (" Saint Apollonia ") in honor of that day ’ s saint.

* Saint Patrick ’ s Day

* Saint Patrick ’ s Day

According to Vasari, Uccello ’ s first painting was a Saint Anthony between the saints Cosmas and Damianus, a commission for the hospital of Lelmo.

He rebuilt the atrium of St. Peter ’ s Basilica, and within the newly decorated chapel within the basilica he transferred the body of Saint Gregory, and from the Catacombs of Rome, he moved Saint Sebastian, Saint Tiburtius, and Saint Gorgonius.

Apart from noting that both men were already married, he reminded them of their promises to previous popes, that they would consider the pope ’ s enemies as their enemies, and that they had promised to Saint Peter to resist the Lombards and restore the rights of the Church.

Very popular among the Roman people, within ten days of Leo III ’ s death, he was escorted to Saint Peter ’ s Basilica and consecrated Bishop of Rome on 22 June 816.

At this time, under the abbot Gilduin, Saint Victor was a thriving community and upon Gilduin ’ s death, the abbey had 44 dependant houses of canons.