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The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
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Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church
The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits, is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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