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Captain Drunk · 05-13-2006, 14:54 PM

Basicila of Bom Jesus

Built circa 1594 – 1605, one of the oldest Churches built by the Portuguese colonialists in India, a fine work of Jesuit Architecture. It houses the mummified body of St. Francis Xavier, India’s most prominent Catholic patron saint, who after founding the Societas Jesu (or Order of Jesuits) with Ignatius de Loyola in Spain, came to India as a missionary in 1534.

The gold casket containing the miraculously uncorrupted body of St. Francis Xavier 1506-1552.

05-13-2006, 14:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
Captain Drunk Banished Join Date: 01-02-06 Location: Goa, India Posts: 825	Basicila of Bom Jesus Built circa 1594 – 1605, one of the oldest Churches built by the Portuguese colonialists in India, a fine work of Jesuit Architecture. It houses the mummified body of St. Francis Xavier, India’s most prominent Catholic patron saint, who after founding the Societas Jesu (or Order of Jesuits) with Ignatius de Loyola in Spain, came to India as a missionary in 1534. The gold casket containing the miraculously uncorrupted body of St. Francis Xavier 1506-1552. Last edited by Captain Drunk : 05-13-2006 at 15:01 PM.