Editing Francis Xavier (section)

===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}}