What is Francis Xavier?
{{Infobox saint |name=[[Saint]]<br> Francis Xavier, [[Society of Jesus|SJ]] |image=Franciscus de Xabier.jpg |caption=A painting of Saint Francis Xavier, held in the [[Kobe City Museum]] |titles=Apostle to the Far East |birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1506|4|7}}<br />[[Javier, Spain|Javier]], [[Kingdom of Navarre]] |death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1552|12|3|1506|4|7}}<br />[[Shangchuan Island|Portuguese Base at São João Island]] |feast_day=3 December 1552 |venerated_in=[[Catholic Church]], [[Lutheran Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] |beatified_date=25 October 1619 |beatified_place= |beatified_by=[[Pope Paul V]] |canonized_date= 12 March 1622 |canonized_place= |canonized_by=[[Pope Gregory XV]] |major_shrine= |attributes=crucifix; preacher carrying a flaming heart; bell; globe; vessel; young bearded Jesuit in the company of Saint Ignatius Loyola; young bearded Jesuit with a torch, flame, cross and lily |patronage=African missions; [[Agartala, India]]; [[Ahmedabad, India]]; [[Alexandria, Louisiana]]; Apostleship of Prayer; Australia; [[Bombay, India]]; [[Borneo]]; [[Cape Town, South Africa]]; China; Dinajpur, Bangladesh; East Indies; Fathers of the Precious Blood; foreign missions; Freising, Germany; [[Goa]], India; [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], Wisconsin; India; Indianapolis, Indiana; [[Sophia University]], Tokyo, Japan; [[University of Saint Francis Xavier]]; Sucre, Bolivia; Joliet, Illinois; Kabankalan, Philippines; [[Nasugbu]], [[Batangas]], Philippines; [[Alegria, Cebu|Alegria]], Cebu, Philippines; diocese of [[Malindi]], Kenya; missionaries; Missioners of the Precious Blood; [[Navarre]], Spain; navigators; New Zealand; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith; [[Zagreb]], Croatia; [[Indonesia]]; [[Malacca]]; [[Malaysia]]; [[Mongolia]]; [[Sri Lanka]]}} '''Saint Francis Xavier, [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]''' (born '''Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta''', 7 April 1506{{snd}}3 December 1552) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Jesuit]]. He was made a [[saint]] by the [[Catholic church]].