Filomeno Diogo Jacinto da Silva wrote: > In the presence of the Bishop, the Governor and the Secretary inside the > closed Basilica, the force of 100 soldiers was not sufficient to lift the > casket containing the immortal body of St Francis Xavier.
Filomeno Diogo Jacinto da Silva, Perhaps the Portuguese would have got away with the body if they used Goans to lift the casket. Every picture I have seen, shows just six Goans carrying the casket. Mervyn1961Lobo
