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The 15 pages that link to Francis Xavier, each with the reason it gives.

• Society of JesusRelated: His early missions helped establish the Society’s global reach.

• Ignatius of LoyolaRelated: He was one of Ignatius’s first companions and carried the new order’s mission to Asia.

• JesuitsBroader topic: His missions helped establish the order’s early global reach.

• Christianity in JapanRelated: His mission began the sustained Jesuit presence that formed Japan’s earliest Christian communities.

• Catholic missionsBroader topic: His journeys exemplify the early Jesuit expansion of Catholic missions beyond Europe.

• Maluku IslandsRelated: Xavier's mission brought Catholic Christianity to parts of Maluku during European expansion.

• MalaccaRelated: Malacca was one of the ports from which Xavier pursued missions across Asia.

• Christianity in IndiaRelated: His missions helped expand Catholic communities along India's western coast.

• Goa InquisitionRelated: His 1540s appeal helped prompt the tribunal’s creation.

• Peter FaberRelated: Faber shared studies and spiritual formation with Xavier at the University of Paris.

• Sultanate of TernateRelated: His mission illustrates how religious activity accompanied Portuguese commercial and political expansion.

• John III of PortugalBroader topic: John III sent Xavier to lead missions in Portugal’s Asian possessions.

• Peter CanisiusRelated: Xavier and Canisius were early Jesuits whose distinct missions helped define the order’s reach.

• Fernão Mendes PintoRelated: Xavier’s Asian mission belongs to the same Portuguese imperial and religious context as Pinto’s journeys.

• Marko MarulićRelated: Marulić’s devotional writing was read by Xavier and circulated beyond Dalmatia.