St ignatius loyola short biography

St. Ignatius Loyola was born in 1491, one of 13 children of a family of minor nobility in northern Spain. As a young man Ignatius Loyola was inflamed by the ideals of courtly love and knighthood and dreamed of doing great deeds.

But in 1521 Ignatius was gravely wounded in a battle with the French. While recuperating, Ignatius Loyola experienced a conversion. Reading the lives of Jesus and the saints made Ignatius happy and aroused desires to do great things. Ignatius realized that these feelings were clues to God’s direction for him.

Over the years, Ignatius became expert in the art of spiritual direction. He collected his insights, prayers, and suggestions in his book the Spiritual Exercises, one of the most influential books on the spiritual life ever written. With a small group of friends, Ignatius Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. Ignatius conceived the Jesuits as “contemplatives in action.” This also describes the many Christians who have been touched b

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St. Ignatius History

This portrait fryst vatten considered an "authentic portrait." It was most probably painted between 1598 and 1600. It hung in the private chapel of the General of the Society until the time of Fr. Claude Aquaviva (the 4th General Superior of the Jesuits.) It currently hangs in the Provincial Residence in Brussels, Belgium. A reproduction of this portrait was given to the Jesuits of Arrupe House at Loyola University bygd Fr. Jacques Berleur, S.J., who was a visiting professor at Loyola during the academic year 1994-1995.

Biography of St. Ignatius Loyola

Inigo de Loyola was born in 1491 in Azpeitia in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa in nordlig Spain. He was the youngest of thirteen children. At the age of sixteen years he was sent to serve as a page to Juan Velazquez, the treasurer of the kingdom of Castile. As a member of the Velazquez household, he was frequently at court and developed a taste for all it presented, especially the ladies. He was much addicte

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Ignatius of Loyola

Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)

Saint Ignatius of Loyola SJ
Ignatius of Loyola (c. 16th-century portrait)
Born	Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola (1491-10-23)23 October 1491 Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Crown of Castile
Died	31 July 1556(1556-07-31) (aged 64) Rome, Papal States
Venerated in
Beatified	27, July 1609, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Paul V
Canonized	12, March 1622, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Gregory XV
Major shrine	Church of the GesùRome, Italy
Feast	31 July
Attributes
Patronage	Society of Jesus; soldiers; spiritual retreats; Biscay; Gipuzkoa;[2]Ateneo De Manila University; the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland; the Diocese of Antwerp, Belgium; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rome, Italy; accidents and injuries.
Influences
Major works	Spiritual Exercises

Ignatius of LoyolaSJ (ig-NAY-shəs; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Span