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St. Francis Xavier preaching in Goa, Portuguese India:

  • In hoc signo vinces is a Latin phrase meaning "With this as your standard you shall have victory." According to legend, Constantine I adopted this as a motto after his vision of a chi rho (PX) on the sky just before the Battle of Milvian Bridge in the year 312.

Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) was the second governor of Portuguese India who conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian ocean... Shortly before his death he was awarded viceroy and "Duke of Goa" by the Portuguese king.

- Wikipedia: Afonso de Albuquerque

See also: St. Francis Xavier in Goa

   

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