Francis Xavier's mission to Japan
1549 · Event
Jesuit Francis Xavier arrives in Kagoshima; opens Japan to Catholic missionary activity for nearly a century.
On these timelines: Japan, Master, Christianity, Major Religions, The Papacy
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