Ignatius of Loyola SJ venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious ...
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Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish priest and theologian
Ignatius of Loyola SJ, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus, and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541. Wikipedia
Born: October 23, 1491, Azpeitia, Spain
Died: July 31, 1556 (age 64 years), Rome, Italy
Place of burial: Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, Italy
Canonized: 12 March 1622, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Gregory XV
Influences: Francis of Assisi; Ludolph of Saxony; Thomas à Kempis
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Over the years, Ignatius became expert in the art of spiritual direction. He collected his insights, prayers, and suggestions in his book the Spiritual ...
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St. Ignatius came from a family of minor nobility in Spain's northern Basque region. One thing to know about Ignatius is that he was far from saintly during ...
St Ignatius of Loyola is one of history's giants. In his lifetime, he was many things. The soldier. The mystic. The pilgrim. The prisoner. The founder.
Ignatius, was born in the Castle Loyola, in the Basque country of northeastern Spain, in 1491, during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Iñigo was ...
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Ignatius was an ambitious young man who had no desire to stay at home with older brothers who had already won honor and some wealth. He wanted to become a ...
Ignatius never revealed exactly what the vision was, but it seems to have been an encounter with God as He really is so that all creation was seen in a new ...