Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491-1556) · Spain · Religious Figures · Died at 64
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Something wrong?He turned a soldier's discipline into a religious method. Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits in 1541, binding them with a fourth vow - direct obedience to the Pope - and his Spiritual Exercises became the template for Catholic formation worldwide.
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St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuits
022 Sant Ignasi de Loiola, c. Sant Ignasi
06 Placa de Sant Ignasi de Loiola, c. Sant Ignasi
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Bassano del Grappa, chiesa dei Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia - Targa sull'edificio annesso a destra
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Churchmen; twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving Wellcome V0006814
Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belvedere zu Wien Langer Die Wunder des Hil. IgnatiusIn their own words 8
, Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight.
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Born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola around 23 October 1491 in Spain's Basque country, he came to faith as a former soldier with an eye for structure and rigor. In Paris in 1541, he and six companions formed the Society of Jesus, envisioning it as an engine of missionary work and teaching. He added a fourth vow to the usual three - obedience to the Pope for projects ordained by the pontiff - and the Jesuits became instrumental in leading the Counter-Reformation. He codified his spiritual training in the Spiritual Exercises, published in 1548, a method that grew into what's now called Ignatian spirituality. He died 31 July 1556, was beatified in 1609, and canonized on 12 March 1622. He's patron saint of the Basque provinces, of the Jesuits, and since 1922, of all spiritual retreats.
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