Goencho Saib- Goa’s patron saint Subject: History GoenchoSaib- Goa’s patron saint Velingkar has sparked a debate, claiming that Goa’s patron saint — or as they say in Konkani ‘GoenchoSaib’ — should be the mythical sage Parshuram and not the 16th-century Spanish priest St Francis Xavier. St Francis Xavier Francis Xavier was a Navarrese […]