Postula a me, et dabo tibi gentes haereditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terrae.
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession
Psalm 2.8
Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.
Lives of the Saints for Children by Theodor Berthold.
Little Lives of the Great Saints by John O’Kane Murray.
Stories of the Saints for Children [First Series] by Mary Seymour.
Book of Saints and Heroes by Mrs. Lang.
Legends of the Blessed Sacrament Gathered from the History of the Church and the Lives of the Saints by Emily Mary Shapcote.
Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.
Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.
Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.
Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays
The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.
Breviarum Romanum – Latin & English
Contemporary Hagiography
The Admirable Life of Saint Francis Xavier by Orazio Torsellino
Writings of Saint Francis Xavier
Letter from India to the Society of Jesus at Rome (1543)
Letter on the Missions to Saint Ignatius Loyola (1549)
Letter from Japan to the Society of Jesus at Goa (1551)
Letter from Japan to the Society of Jesus in Europe (1552)
The Teachings and Counsels of Saint Francis Xavier.
Letters are also interspersed throughout The Life and Letters of Saint Francis Xavier.
Music
O Deus Ego Amo Te (read more about it here, also in English, lyrics here).
Three more songs of varying ages here.
San Franciscu Xavier-a, tuji kudd-i Goeam xara in Konkani, the language of Goa, its lyrics here.
In honorem sancti xaverii canticum, H. 355 by French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (music and words here).
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
Warburg Institute Iconographic Database.
Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts
San Francesco Saverio del Caravita in Rome
You may “tour” the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, the burial site of Saint Francis Xavier, here and here.
The Chapel of Saint Francis Xavier in Il Gesù
“A portrait of St. Francis Xavier and Christianity in Japan”
Goencho Saib: The Life and Miracles of Saint Francis Xavier
Online Exhibition: The Life and Legend of Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier in Dispute with the Emperor of Japan
St Francis Xavier Baptizing Queen Neachile of India
The Miracle of Saint Francis Xavier
Apotheosis of St Francis Xavier
The Vision of St Francis Xavier
Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.
A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.
Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.
The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.
Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.
The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.
Devotions
Prayer of Saint Francis Xavier for Infidels in the Raccolta
Novena in Honor of Saint Francis Xavier
Prayers to Saint Francis Xavier
Litany of, Prayers to and Novena of Saint Francis Xavier
Litany of Saint Francis Xavier
Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.
Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.
Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.
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