The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier
Book • 1872
Henry James Coleridge's 'The Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier' collects biographical material and correspondence relating to the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier.
The work situates Xavier's missionary activities across Asia, recounting travels, conversions, and reported miracles that contributed to his reputation.
Coleridge contextualizes Xavier within Jesuit history and Catholic hagiography, offering narrative detail drawn from earlier eyewitness accounts and documents.
The book was used in later discussions of Xavier's miracles during canonization and influenced artistic depictions and devotional traditions.
As a 19th-century compilation by a Jesuit author, it reflects both historical materials and hagiographic interpretation.
The work situates Xavier's missionary activities across Asia, recounting travels, conversions, and reported miracles that contributed to his reputation.
Coleridge contextualizes Xavier within Jesuit history and Catholic hagiography, offering narrative detail drawn from earlier eyewitness accounts and documents.
The book was used in later discussions of Xavier's miracles during canonization and influenced artistic depictions and devotional traditions.
As a 19th-century compilation by a Jesuit author, it reflects both historical materials and hagiographic interpretation.
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