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Departure for East Indies
- When
- 7 April 1541
- Where
- Lisbon
Francis Xavier left Lisbon on 7 April 1541 aboard the Santiago with two Jesuits and the viceroy.
On his thirty-fifth birthday, Francis Xavier departed Lisbon on 7 April 1541. He traveled aboard the Santiago accompanied by two other Jesuits and the new viceroy Martim Afonso de Sousa, heading toward the Portuguese Empire East Indies.
Sources
- Francis Xavier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-03
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