Francis Xavier, since arriving in Japan in…

1552 CE

Francis Xavier, since arriving in Japan in 1549, has learned the local language and spent the past two years establishing missions; he has also translated a catechism.

Fernão Mendes Pinto meets Xavier again, working for him for a time, and decides to return home to Portugal with the fortune he has gained during his voyages.

He first undergoes conversion to the Society of Jesus and donates a large sum of his wealth to the Society itself, becoming a brother.

Xavier returns with Pinto to Malacca and then to Goa, but stays only a few months before departing for China.

He arrives at Sancian (Shangchuan Dao), an island not far from Guangzhou (Canton), but dies here on December 3, 1552, at the age of forty-six.

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Canton > Guangzhou Guangdong (Kwangtung) China View →

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Fernão Mendes Pinto View → Francis Xavier View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Japan, Muromachi Period View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Chinese Empire, Ming Dynasty View → India, Portuguese State of View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View →

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Colonization of Asia, Portuguese View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Faith View → Government View → Finance View → Movements View → Theology View →

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