Editing Francis Xavier (section)

==Veneration==

===Beatification and canonization===
Francis Xavier was beatified by [[Pope Paul V]] on 25 October 1619, and was [[canonized]] by [[Pope Gregory XV]] on 12 March<ref>{{cite book|title=Jesuit prayer-book "Srce Isusovo Spasenje naše"|trans-title="Heart of Jesus our Salvation"|location=Zagreb|publisher=not given|year=1946|page=425}}</ref> 1622, at the same time as [[Ignatius Loyola]].{{efn|For the most recent study of Francis Xavier's canonization process, see {{cite book|author1-first=Franco|author1-last=Mormando|chapter=The Making of the Second Jesuit Saint: The Campaign for the Canonization of Francis Xavier, 1555–1622|title=Francis Xavier and the Jesuit Missions in the Far East|editor1-first=F.|editor1-last=Mormando|location=Chestnut Hill, MA|publisher=The Jesuit Institute, Boston College|year=2006|pages=9–22}}}} [[Pope Pius XI]] proclaimed him the "Patron of Catholic Missions".<ref name=benedict>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/april/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060422_gesuiti_en.html|title=Address Of Benedic XVI To The Fathers And Brothers Of The Society Of Jesus, April 22, 2006|publisher=vatican.va|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=22 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822234112/http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/april/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060422_gesuiti_en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His [[feast day]] is 3 December.{{sfn|Attwater|1965|pp=141–142}}

===Pilgrimage centres===
[[File:Stain glass window of St Francis of Xavier in Béthanie.JPG|thumb|upright|A [[stained glass]] church window in [[Béthanie (Hong Kong)|Béthanie, Hong Kong]], of St Francis Xavier baptizing a Chinese man]]

====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}}

====Other places====
Other pilgrimage centres include [[Castle of Xavier|Xavier's birthplace]] in Navarre;<ref name="CTV">{{Cite web |date=13 April 2017 |title=What are the Javieradas {{!}} Pilgrimage to the Castle of St. Francis Xavier in Navarra Spain |url=https://www.catholic-television.com/pilgrimage-to-the-castle-of-st-francis-xavier-in-navarra-spain-what-are-the-javieradas/ |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=Catholic Television |language=en-US |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923002645/https://www.catholic-television.com/pilgrimage-to-the-castle-of-st-francis-xavier-in-navarra-spain-what-are-the-javieradas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Church of the Gesù]], Rome;{{sfn|DiPippo|2019}} Malacca (where he was buried for two years, before being brought to Goa);<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 2011 |title=S'pore, M'sian Catholics make joint pilgrimage |work=Catholic News Singapore |url=https://catholicnews.sg/2011/09/03/spore-msian-catholics-make-joint-pilgrimage/ |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030225422/https://catholicnews.sg/2011/09/03/spore-msian-catholics-make-joint-pilgrimage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Sancian (place of death).{{sfn|Masson|2019}}

Xavier is a major venerated saint in both Sonora and the neighbouring U.S. state of [[Arizona]]. In [[Magdalena de Kino]] in [[Sonora]], Mexico, in the Church of Santa María Magdalena, there is a reclining statue of San Francisco Xavier brought by pioneer Jesuit missionary Padre [[Eusebio Kino]] in the early 18th century. The statue is said to be miraculous and is the object of pilgrimage for many in the region.{{sfn|Griffith}} Also the [[Mission San Xavier del Bac]] is a pilgrimage site.{{sfn|Fontana|2010|p=41}} The mission is an active parish church ministering to the people of the San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation, and nearby Tucson, Arizona.

Francis Xavier is honored in the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on 3 December.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=8 April 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309204842/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|CP|2019|p=}}{{pageneeded|date=March 2025}}

===Novena of Grace===
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[[File:Unzenhell3.jpg|thumb|upright|Fumaroles at Mt. Unzen, Japan]]
The [[Novena of Grace]] is a popular devotion to Francis Xavier, typically prayed either on the nine days before 3 December or on 4 March through 12 March (the anniversary of Pope Gregory XV's canonisation of Xavier in 1622). It began with the Italian Jesuit missionary [[Marcello Mastrilli]]. Before he could travel to the Far East, Mastrilli was gravely injured in a freak accident after a festive celebration dedicated to the [[Immaculate Conception]] in Naples. Delirious and on the verge of death, Mastrilli saw Xavier, who he later said asked him to choose between travelling or death by holding the respective symbols, to which Mastrilli answered, "I choose that which God wills".<ref>{{cite magazine|page=241|title=Japanese Sketches|magazine=The Month|volume=11|date=September 1869|location=London|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, and Company}}</ref> 

Upon regaining his health, Mastrilli made his way via Goa and the Philippines to Satsuma, Japan. The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] beheaded the missionary in October 1637, after undergoing three days of tortures involving the volcanic sulphurous fumes from [[Mount Unzen]], known as the ''Hell mouth'' or "pit" that had supposedly caused an earlier missionary to renounce his faith.{{sfn|Brockey|2007|p=}}{{pageneeded|date=March 2025}}