Show st francis tomb lancien island scene of the establishment lish ment of the first christian mission in the orient is the land in which st francis xavier established a mission in spite of efforts to keep him and his devoted band out of the orient and on this island he lies buried in late aug august U s t 1552 he landed on the island ca called 11 ed chang shuen shan off the coast of kwang tung which served as a rendezvous for europeans soon after his arrival xavier was seized with a fever and biad there |