There's another reason why the saint's life story hits home with Fernandes: St. Francis Xavier only discovered his faith as a young man, while attending university in Paris in the 1520s.

The severed arm of St. Francis Xavier, considered sacred because he more it to baptize more than 100,000 people, is on tour in Canada. CBC spoke with people who viewed it during its stop in Ottawa.

The relic of St. Francis Xavier, whose body lies in Goa, India, will be viewed and venerated by tens of thousands of Catholics as it makes its way from St. John’s to Victoria as part of a tour ...

It's fair to assume that the well-born Francis Xavier did not foresee that his arm would end up on a cross-country tour of wintry Canada when he attended university in Paris in the 16th century.

St. Francis Xavier University The St. Francis Xavier University board of governors announced Tuesday that it’s welcoming the university’s 19th president and vice-chancellor, Andrew Hakin.