JEROME XAVIER
\d͡ʒˈɛɹə͡ʊm zˈe͡ɪvɪə], \dʒˈɛɹəʊm zˈeɪvɪə], \dʒ_ˈɛ_ɹ_əʊ_m z_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ__ə]\
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A Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer; born in Navarre; died in Goa, 16-. He wrote both in Latin and in Persian. Among his chief works are: "A Treatise on the Mysteries of Christianity" (1600); a "Life of the Apostles"; a "History of Jesus Christ"; and a "Directory of Kings for the Government of their Subjects".
By Charles Dudley Warner
