Loyola, St, Ignatius (1491–1556)
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Spanish theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. Loyola wrote the influential Spiritual Exercises (1548), a manual of devotion and meditation, and sent missionaries to found schools and colleges throughout Europe. Heythrop, one of the oldest colleges of the University of London, was founded in 1614 for the education of English Jesuits.
Spanish noble who founded the Jesuit order in 1534, also called the Society of Jesus.
His deep interest in the religious life began in 1521, when reading the life of Jesus while recuperating from a war wound.
He visited the Holy Land in 1523, studied in Spain and Paris, where he took vows with St Francis Xavier, and was ordained in 1537. He then moved to Rome and with the approval of Pope Paul III began the Society of Jesus, sending missionaries to Brazil, India, and Japan, and founding Jesuit schools. Canonized in 1622. Feast day is 31 July.
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