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Francis Xavier and the First Jesuit Presence in Ceylon, 1543–1553

When Pope Paul III promulgated the Papal Bull, Regiminis Militantis Eccelesiae on September 27, 1540, the movement led by Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) and his six companions, was recognised officially by the Catholic Church as the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Among them was the arde...