Editing Francis Xavier (section)

====Goa====
[[File:A view of the Saint Francis Xavier church Old Goa during the feast of Saint Francis Xavier on December 02, 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Goan Catholics]] celebrating the feast of [[Saint Francis Xavier]] at [[Bom Jesus Basilica]]]] 
Saint Francis Xavier's [[Incorruptibility|mostly-incorruptible relics]] are kept in a silver casket, elevated inside the [[Bom Jesus Basilica]] and are exposed (being brought to ground level) generally every ten years, but this is discretionary. The sacred relics went on display starting on 22 November 2014 at the XVII Solemn Exposition. The display closed on 4 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 2014 |title=Pilgrims flock to Goa to see Saint Francis Xavier remains |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30160195 |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124192921/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30160195 |url-status=live }}</ref> The previous exposition, the sixteenth, was held from 21 November 2004 to 2 January 2005.{{sfn|Gupta|2017|p=}}{{pageneeded|date=March 2025}}

Relics of Saint Francis Xavier are also found in the Espirito Santo (Holy Spirit) Church, [[Margão]],{{sfn|Barbosa|2009}} in Sanv Fransiku Xavierachi Igorz (Church of St. Francis Xavier), [[Batpal]], [[Canacona]], Goa,<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2017 |title=St Francis Xavier's relic at Bhatpal attracts a multitude of devotees |language=en |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/st-francis-xaviers-relic-at-bhatpal-attracts-a-multitude-of-devotees/articleshow/61788814.cms |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310192157/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/st-francis-xaviers-relic-at-bhatpal-attracts-a-multitude-of-devotees/articleshow/61788814.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and at St. Francis Xavier Chapel, Portais, Panjim.{{sfn|Misquita|2014}}