The relic of Francis Xavier (a reliquary containing the right arm of St Francis Xavier) was brought on a brief visit to Ireland for public veneration in December 1949.

St. Francis Xavier continues to captivate the hearts of millions of pilgrims who visit his sacred relics enshrined at the Basilica de Bom Jesus in Old Goa. This year, the numbers are expected to ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the University of Paris. There he met Saint ...

They brought the relics to Goa and kept them interred ... I P Newman Fernandes, in his book St Francis Xavier and Old Goa, said that Xavier then left for China, accompanied by Fr Gago, Br Alvaro ...

Of the many homilies I heard during the recently concluded Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier, there was ...

Panaji: The Maharashtra and Goa postal circle issued a special cancellation to mark the closing of the decennial Exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics on Sunday. It was launched at two ...

In this case, Velingkar’s call for a DNA test is ostensibly aimed at verifying whether the relics truly belong to St. Francis Xavier. However, such a test would be challenging because it would ...

PANJIM: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Old Goa has requested the Commissioner for Exposition to take due cognisance of the letter and to facilitate the removal of works undertaken during the ...

Enshrined in an elaborate tomb carved by Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini are the 470-year-old mortal remains (or relics ... bas relief depicting St Francis Xavier’s missionary ...