X-Nico

Coloane Village

In front of the little chapel dedicated to St. Francis Xavier is a monument commemorating a successful Portuguese action against Chinese pirates in 1910.

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The chapel also housed a bone from the arm of St. Francis Xavier, who died in 1552 on Sanchuan Island, 50 miles from Macau, before the relic was transferred to Saint Joseph's Seminary and the Sacred Art Museum.

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