History of St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier (Francisco do Yasuy Javier ) was born in a royal family on April 7, 1506 in Spain and he was the fifth and last child to his parents. He was called in the name, Francisco. Since his family name was Xavier, he was called as Francis Xavier as well. In the year 1515, his father died when he was nine years old. Francis Xavier was interested in preaching. He did his higher studies in " The University of Paris" and his family members expected that after finishing his studies he would return home, Read more... History of St. Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar
St.Xavier's Chathedral (Kottar), it dates back to 16th century dedicated to St.Francis Xavier.
St. Francis Xavier, Professor from Paris, came to the southern tip of the peninsula in 1543 to work among the Paravars. In 1544 he baptised more than 10,000 Paravars along the coast of Travancore from Thutur to Pallam.
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is said that the Maharaja of Travancore gladly gave his consent to the conversion out of gratitude for the saint who, armed only with a crucifix,forced the invading Badagas to retreat at Vadasery.Thus Christianity flourished Read more...
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