While he was alive, St. Francis Xavier never got to ride in an airplane. They would not be invented for 400 more years after his death. But now, his severed arm will get to take a trip across ...

St. Francis Xavier lived the life of a missionary, ... The saint’s right arm is kept in Italy, while a toe is in India after it was reportedly bitten off by an overzealous pilgrim.

Saint Francis Xavier ranks among the great missionaries in Catholic history. ... His right arm, which he used to baptize so many people, is on display in Rome in the Church of Gesú.

For, in the early 1600s, the arm was severed and shipped to Rome to be preserved in the Church of Gesu. ... The bas relief depicting St Francis Xavier’s missionary work.

The relic of St Francis Xavier’s arm, housed in the Jesuit church in Rome, which toured Malta in 1924. Postcard by Salvatore Lorenzo Cassar Crowds gathering on the Floriana granaries to greet ...

Excerpts: ‘Saint Francis Xavier in India’, by Delio de Mendonca. ARM, SHOULDER BLADE. 115501583. There was a time when collecting relics was a fad. ... 1619. Japan’s Jesuits got the upper ...

Pope Francis at his general audience on May 17, 2023 (left) and a painting of St. Francis Xavier in the Church of the Gesù in Rome (right). (photo: Daniel Ibanez/Creative Commons / EWTN) Courtney ...

St Francis Xavier Exposition 2024 takes place from November 21, 2024, to January 5, 2025, Goa is pulsating with spiritual fervour as pilgrims come from all over.

Pope Francis speaks about the missionary activity of St. Francis Xavier in his main talk at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 17, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...