About this stamp
On the Stamp
The shrine of St. Francis Xavier in Goa, on a 25 paise stamp.
St. Francis Xavier
India Post issued this stamp on 24 December 1974, while the body of St. Francis Xavier was shown for public veneration in Goa. Born at the castle of Xavier in Navarre on 7 April 1506, he was a companion of St. Ignatius of Loyola, came to India in May 1542 and worked in Goa, on the Coromandel coast and down the west coast to Cape Comorin, before going on to Malacca and Japan. He died on the way to China in December 1552; his body lies in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa. This text draws on India Post’s folder for the issue.
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