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In ancient times, before the advent of a formal system of hereditary family surnames, it was common practice to name a person according to his place of origin. The name Xavier spread because of devotion to Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), the Spanish missionary who, together, with Ignatius of Loyola, founded the Society of Jesus in 1534.