Timeline of Events
Year Event
1506 - April, Francis Xavier born at Xavier Castle in the Kingdom of Navarra, Spain
1527 - Francis Xavier, age 21, enrolls at the College of Sainte-
Barbe, Paris, France, to study Philosophy
1528 - Francis meets Ignatius of Loyola
1530 - March, Francis graduates with a Masters Degree in
Philosophy
1537 - June 24th, Francis ordained as a Priest in Rome
1540 - Society of Jesus officially recognized
1541 - May 6th, Francis Xavier arrives in Goa
1547 - Francis Xavier’s guide, Angiro, advises him to visit Japan
1549 - Chinese Captain, Avan, sails for Japan from Malacca with
Francis Xavier and two Jesuit companions, and lands at
Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan on August 15th where …show more content…
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1582 - Four Christian Japanese boys sent to Rome for an audience with Pope Gregory XIII
1587 - Toyotomi Hideoshi issues an edict expelling all Christian missionaries, but the edict is mostly ignored; Toyotomi undermines his own edict by allowing Spanish Friars in, giving rise to a rivalry for converts between Jesuit and
Franciscan Orders increasing the number of converts to well
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