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St. Francis Xavier Forane Church is at the center of Velur, Kerala, India. It is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a protected monument[1][2] in the Archdiocese of Thrissur with considerable antiquity and spiritual heritage. Historically this Forane church has been the mother church of many parishes. Four Forane divisions have come into existence out of this church.
The church's founder, Fr. Johann Ernst Hanxleden,[1] who is popularly known as Arnos Padiri, wrote the first Malayalam – Portuguese Encyclopedia [3][4] He was a Jesuitpriest from Germany. It is believed that the Velur church was founded on 3 December 1712 in honor of St. Francis Xavier.
^Mathew, K. S. (2001). The Portuguese and the socio-cultural changes in India, 1500–1800. Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR. p. 463. ISBN978-81-900166-6-7.