For the first beginnings of miracles wrought by Xavier, as given in the letters of the missionaries, see that of Almeida, lib.

ii, p.183.Of other collections, or selections from collections, of letters which fail to give any indication of miracles wrought by Xavier during his life, see Wytfliet and Magin, Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales et Orientales, et de la Conversion des Indiens, Douay, 1611.

Though several letters of Xavier and his fellow-missionaries are given, dated at the very period of his alleged miracles, not a trace of miracles appears in these.

Also Epistolae Japonicae de multorum in variis Insulis Gentilium ad Christi fidem Conversione, Lovanii, 1570.

These letters were written by Xavier and his companions from the East Indies and Japan, and cover the years from 1549 to 1564.