text: It also became a prime base for missionary activity , with its succession of devout followers of different faiths the Franciscans , Augustinians , Dominicans , and the Jesuits which held them in line along with a rigorous Inquisition most notably led by Francis Xavier , who came to Goa in the year 1542 .
  
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  An Inquisition was led by Francis Xavier , who kept different faiths in line .