Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
Founder of the Jesuits, author of the Spiritual Exercises.
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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Saint
Saint (1491–1556, Wikidata). Vatican News “Saint of the day”: 31 July. Saints & Hagiography
Saints calendar: 31 July.
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Era: Reformation & Counter-Reformation (16th century). Saint, founder, and spiritual writer.