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

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* 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 ).

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.

The ring is ceremonially awarded to students on December 3 ( Saint Francis Xavier's feast day ) of each year before their graduation.

St Mel's Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Mel, the founder of the diocese of Ardagh, was designed by architect John Benjamin Keane, who also designed St. Francis Xavier's Church on Gardiner Street in Dublin.

A Hakka, he was educated at Saint Xavier's Institution.

For example, some students travel with the annual Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France to assist the elderly and the disabled ; others take part in an exchange programme with students of Saint Xavier's Collegiate School in Calcutta, India, where they assist in homes for orphans and street-children.

Saint Xavier's main campus is located in City of Chicago, on the corner of 103rd Street and Central Park Avenue.

He studied at Saint Xaviers College, Calcutta, and is credited with the first hat-trick in an open football tournament in India, for Saint Xavier's against Sovabazar in July 1897.

In his history of the Donatist heresy, Saint Optatus recounts that at Carthage a Catholic matron, named Lucilla, incurred the censures of the Church for having kissed the relics of a reputed martyr whose claims to martyrdom had not been juridically proved.

The cult of Saint Columba and its relics were associated with victory in battle.

According to the epic of El Cid, the Castilian nobility led by El Cid and a dozen " oath-helpers " forced Alfonso to swear publicly in front of Santa Gadea ( Saint Agatha ) Church in Burgos on holy relics multiple times that he did not participate in the plot to kill his brother.

In 1993, Patriarch Alexis II visited Kodiak to venerate the relics of Saint Herman.

A crypt and relics said to be John's and mentioned in 11th and 16th century manuscripts, were discovered in 1969 during restoration of the Church of St. Macarius at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Scetes, Egypt ; Additional relics are claimed to reside in Gandzasar Monastery's Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in Nagorno Karabakh ;

The crucifix, " Saint Jadwiga's cross ," is still there, with her relics beneath it.

The Templars were also known to possess the head of Saint Euphemia of Chalcedon, and the subject of relics came up during the Inquisition of the Templars, as several trial documents refer to the worship of an idol of some type, referred to in some cases as a cat, a bearded head, or in some cases as Baphomet.

He was buried here, his remains later translated to Durham Cathedral ( along with the relics of Saint Eadfrith of Lindisfarne ).

The presence of relics was believed to be an important source of supernatural power that served both as a spiritual weapon and a form of defense ; the relics of martyrs were considered by Saint John Chrysostom much more powerful than " walls, trenches, weapons and hosts of soldiers "

Jacobus de Voragine gives the common account of the transfer of the relics of Mary Magdalene from her sepulchre in the oratory of Saint Maximin at Aix-en-Provence to the newly founded abbey of Vézelay ; the transportation of the relics is entered as undertaken in 771 by the founder of the abbey, identified as Gerard, duke of Burgundy.

* 2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A public ceremony was staged to receive the relics of the head of Saint Andrew when it was brought from the East to Rome.

Saint Raphael was originally buried in New York until August 1989 when his relics were translated to the Antiochian Village Camp in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, on property of the Antiochian Archdiocese along with several other bishops and clergy.

Although the 1884 Bull of Pope Leo XIII Omnipotens Deus accepted the authenticity of the relics at Compostela, the Vatican remains uncommitted as to whether the relics are those of Saint James the Greater, while continuing to promote the more general benefits of pilgrimage to the site.

Travelling with the relics of Saint Clement and a retinue of disciples, and passing through Pannonia ( the Balaton Principality ), where they were well received by Prince Koceľ ( Kocelj, Kozel ), they arrived in Rome in 868, where they were warmly received.

This was partly due to their bringing with them the relics of Saint Clement ; the rivalry with Constantinople as to the jurisdiction over the territory of the Slavs would incline Rome to value the brothers and their influence.

It was built by Comita or Gomida, Judge of Torres, and contains the relics, discovered in 1614, not only of Saint Gavinus, but also of his companions, Saints Protus and Januarius.

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Viking raiders struck England in 793 and raided Lindisfarne, the monastery that held Saint Cuthbert ’ s relics.

* The Millennium translation of Saint Edward the Martyr's relics from Wareham to Shaftesbury is observed in a reenactment.

by the Frisians, the relics of Saint Boniface were brought back to Fulda.