Biographical dossier
Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q163900
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q163900
- Wikidata ID
- Q163900
- Occupation class
- RELIGIOUS FIGURE
- Life span
- AD 1506–AD 1552
- Birth anchor
- Javier, Spain (AD 1506)
- Death anchor
- Shangchuan Island (AD 1552)
- HPI
- 81.43445069135285
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between AD 1506 and AD 1552. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Javier, Spain (AD 1506). Death: Shangchuan Island (AD 1552).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 7.595664656592891.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening
Historical horizon
Francis Xavier connects the early Society of Jesus with Portuguese Asia, India, Southeast Asia and Japan. The profile uses his letters to distinguish actual itineraries and pastoral strategies from later hagiographic compression.
Primary-source path
- Francis Xavier, Letters and Instructions
- Jesuit annual letters
- Portuguese imperial records
- Early Japanese mission correspondence
Geography and institutions
Birth anchor: Javier, Spain; Death anchor: Shangchuan Island The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.
Connected study paths
This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.