Born in Spain, St Francis Xavier was the most influential member ... spent the next ten years evangelising in India, Malacca and Japan. On his way to China in 1552, he contracted a fever, died ...

Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman ... He also went further east and made it all the way to Japan where he established Christian communities. His entire missionary life – which lasted a little ...

Japan, and China, making him one of the most influential missionaries in history. The world continues to honour Saint Francis Xavier each year on December 3, marking the death anniversary and the ...