According to another source: Selmecbánya, 1727. március 19. v. szeptember 1.
Death data:
Besztercebánya, Hungary — April 17, 1772
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
1743
Biographical data
He began his studies in his hometown and later attended the Jesuit college in Nagyszombat. In 1743, he began his Jesuit studies in Trencsén. In 1749, he volunteered for missionary work, and his order sent him to Spain for missionary training. From 1751, he served in Peru, where he kept detailed records of the indigenous peoples, as well as the climate and the flora and fauna of the rainforests. He was expelled in 1767. His deteriorating health took him from this world at the age of just 44.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1769
1772
Besztercebánya
Hungary
parish priest
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
1751
1767
Moxitánia
Hungary, currently Bolívia
On the eastern side of the Andes, along the middle reaches of the Mamoré River, among the Mojo Indians: missionary and founder of a mission center
Literary activity
Descriptio provinciae Moxitarum in Regno Peruano, quam e scriptis posthumis Franc. Xav. Eder ... digessit, expolivit, & adnotatiunculis illustravit ... Mako; typis Universitatis, Buda, 1791.
Ferenc X. Éder's description of Peruvian missions from the 18th century, 1-3.; sajtó alá rend. Boglár Lajos, Bognár András; ELTE, Bp., 1981–1986.
Éder Xavér Ferenc SJ: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=246 (accessed: 2026-05-06).
