In
1528, Don Francisco de Yesu was a brilliant
young man pursuing a scholastic career, rich
with promise, at the famed University of
Paris.
In 1540, Francis Xavier was a member
of the Company of Jesus setting out on a
missionary quest from Lisbon. In 1542, Xavier
was walking barefooted, his lips parched,
his whole frame racked with pain, in an obsure
village in India.
Thus within the short space
of scarcely 15 years, St Francis Xavier or
Santo Padre as he was known began the mission
which brought Christianity to the East.
Chapel
and Tomb of St. Francis Xavier is a plain
chapel with only one altar and is built of
laterite plastered with lime mortar, with tiled
roof supported by wooden rafters.
Behind the gate of St. Paul's
college is a Kuchcha road branching off the main
road, leading to the chapel of St. Francis Xavier.
It is built of laterite plastered with lime mortar,
with tiled roof supported by wooden rafters is
a plain chapel with only one altar. |
