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St Francis Xavier
Saturday, 2 December 2006 in 2h 58 (16cwt)
5040 Minor (2m)
(3 exts Cambridge S; 4 exts Plain B)
1 Beverley J Wharton
2 Rachel J Mitchell
3 Peter L Furniss
4 Matthew D Dawson
5 David T G Jones
6 Lenard J Mitchell (C)
Rung to mark the closing of The International Jesuit Anniversary Year, when the 500th anniversray of the births of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Favre and the 400th anniversray of St Ignatious Loyola - all founding fathers of the Society of Jesus - were remembered. 2006 was also the 400th anniversray of the deaths of the English Jesuit Martyrs, Nicholas Owen, Edward Oldcombe, Ralph Ashley and Henry Garnet.
Also 50th birthday compliment to Ernie Runciman.