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Also Known As San Francisco Javier
Born April 7, 1506 • Spain
Died December 3, 1552 (aged 46) • China

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José de Acosta
Spanish theologian
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St. Peter Claver
Spanish missionary
Pedro Páez
Spanish priest
Matteo Ricci
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Italian Jesuit missionary
Pierre-Jean de Smet
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St. José de Anchieta
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St. Edmund Campion
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Jogues, Saint Isaac
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Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
Manuel da Nóbrega
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Claude-Jean Allouez
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Giulio Aleni
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Francisco Garcés
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