St Xaviers feast St Xaviers feast celebrated

व्हडल्या सायबाचें फॅस्ट अंदूं कोरोनाचे सांवळेंत

03 Dec 2020 06:59 PM

The feast of St Francis Xavier was celebrated under the shadow of the covid 19 virus this year. Most of the people heard the feast mass on line, though there were pilgrims who still came to Old Goa.



After his death St Francis Xavier was first buried on a beach at Shangchuan Island, Taishan, Guangdong.


His body was taken from the island in February 1553 and temporarily buried in St. Paul's church in Portuguese Malacca on 22 March 1553.


On 11 December 1553, St Francis body was shipped to Goa and is now in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637 and is still there.


Desk: Glenn Costa



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