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Francis Xavier, St
     
Francis Xavier, St
(1506-52) a Spanish Christian missionary (=someone who goes to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity) who travelled to India, southeast Asia, and Japan, and who helped to start the Jesuit missionary (=a group of Roman Catholic priests)
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