Francis Xavier
Americannoun
noun
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The name honors Francis of Assisi, who lived in service of the poor and marginalized and preached care of the environment, and Francis Xavier, a 16th century Jesuit who spread the Gospel in Asia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
After two months on the road, she also passed through a gap in the wall near El Paso and was detained for six days before being released to the St. Francis Xavier shelter.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
“It’s a brilliant insight,” says Brendan Murphy, a geologist at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, who studies global tectonics and was not involved in the study.
From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022
In Western Australia, the priest of Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton called for a cull, or perhaps some form of bird birth control, after corellas started chewing through the cathedral’s electrical wiring.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022
The ardour of St. Francis Xavier, the self-abnegation of St. Francis de Sales, the passionate mysticism of St. Theresa, infected and controlled thousands of disciples.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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