Ignatius of Loyola

Born

October 23, 1491

Died

July 31, 1556 (aged 64)

Known as

Latin Catholic priest, soldier, founder of Catholic religious community, Catholic theologian

Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.

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