Fransisko Saveri

Fransisko Saveri (jina asili: Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Javier, Navarra, leo nchini Hispania, 7 Aprili 1506 - kisiwa cha Shangchuan, China, 3 Desemba 1552) alikuwa padri wa Shirika la Yesu, ambalo alichangia kulianzisha pamoja na Ignas wa Loyola.

Baadaye, akisukumwa na hamu yenye ari ya kueneza Injili, alimtangaza Kristo kwa bidii katika nchi nyingi za Ulaya, Afrika na Asia hata akawa kati ya wamisionari maarufu zaidi ya historia ya Kanisa. 

Baada ya kuwahubiria makabila mengi ya India, visiwa vya Maluku na vinginevyo, huko Japani aliongoa watu wengi kwenye imani ya Ukristo akafa hatimaye karibu na China bara, ameishiwa nguvu na maradhi na kazi nyingihttps://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/25450. 

Alitangazwa na Papa Paulo V kuwa mwenye heri tarehe 25 Oktoba 1619, halafu Papa Gregori XV akamtangaza mtakatifu tarehe 12 Machi 1622.

Anaheshimiwa na Waanglikana na Walutheri pia.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe ya kifo chakeMartyrologium Romanum

Sala yake
Ee Mungu wa mataifa yote ya dunia,
uukumbuke umati wa Wapagani ambao,
ingawa waliumbwa kwa sura yako,
hawajakufahamu wewe wala kifo cha Mwanao Yesu Kristo, mwokozi wao.

Fanya kwamba, kwa sala na kazi za Kanisa lako takatifu,
wakombolewe kutoka ushirikina wote na utovu wa imani
wakaletwe kwenye ibada zako.

Kwa njia ya yule uliyemtuma awe ufufuo na uzima wa watu wote,
huyo Mwanao Yesu Kristo, Bwana wetu.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Marejeo ya Kiswahili
 Masomo ya Breviari - Sikukuu za Bwana, za Bikira Maria na za Watakatifu - Ndanda Mission Press 1978, uk 446-448
 John Kabeya na wengine - Maisha ya Watakatifu – ed. T.M.P. Book Department – Tabora 1965, 1989, uk. 430-432
 Pd. Leandry Kimario, O.F.M.Cap. - Mfahamu Mtakatifu Somo Wako - Maisha ya Watakatifu wa Kila Siku pamoja na Watakatifu Wafransisko - Toleo la pili - Dar es Salaam 2021, uk. 372-373
 Maurice Soseleje, Kalendari yetu – Maisha ya Watakatifu – Toleo la pili – ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Peramiho 1986 – ISBN 9976-63-112-X, uk. 92

 Marejeo ya lugha nyingine
 Attwater, Donald. (1965) A Dictionary of Saints. Penguin Books, Middlesex, England. Reprint: 1981.
 Jou, Albert. (1984) The Saint on a Mission. Anand Press, Anand, India.

Viungo vya nje

 "St. Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints
 The Life and Miracles of St. Francis Xavier, Apostle and Missionary of the Indies 
Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa  The Shrine of Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia
 The Life of St. Francis Xavier 
The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506-1552 Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893 London: Burns and Oates, (1872)
Xavier's World  website of Navarre Department of Education celebrating 500th anniversary of their patron saint's birth
A critical view 
St. Francis Xavier - Pictorial Biography 
Saint François Xavier  
St. Francis of the Millennium 
The Goa Jesuit Province of the Society of Jesus: The Jesuits in Goa
The Feast of St Francis Xavier in Goa 
Picture of Shangchuan island. The chapel marks the location of his death 
Another picture of the church on Shangchuan island
Old map of Shangchuan island 
The Miracles of St Francis Xavier by John Hardon, SJ
St Francis Xavier: History of His Incorrupt Body 
Brief History of St Francis Xavier 
Saint Francis Xavier  at Patron Saints Index
St Francis Xavier Catholic Parish in Brunswick, GA 
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Parkersburg, WV
Yomiuri Shimbun: St. Francis Xavier – 90% name recognition amongst primary school students in Japan, 2008.
Hidemi Mizuta, "Intercultural Contact in the Age of St. Francis Xavier" Hiroshima Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Vol.1 page.15-24 

Category:Waliozaliwa 1506
Category:Waliofariki 1552
Category:Wajesuiti
Category:Mapadri
Category:Wamisionari
Category:Watakatifu wa Hispania