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Ignatius Loyola

British  
/ lɔɪˈəʊlə /

noun

  1. Saint. 1491–1556, Spanish ecclesiastic. He founded the Society of Jesus (1534) and was its first general (1541–56). His Spiritual Exercises (1548) remains the basic manual for the training of Jesuits. Feast day: July 31

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In the western state of Gujarat, where vaccinations were stalled by a powerful cyclone that hit as the pandemic surged, the Rev. Cedric Prakash of St. Ignatius Loyola Church has been mourning five priests.

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2021

The centerpiece is called the three visions of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the order of Jesuits, and for whom the mission is named.

From Washington Times Dec. 12, 2015

Before Luke, it was Cameron, a terrier rescue who was the four-legged toast of Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy in a hardscrabble part of Baltimore.

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2015

For St. Ignatius Loyola, the founding father of the Jesuits, one of the great spiritual tenets was that true spirituality lies in ‘finding God in all things.’

From Time Sep. 22, 2015

Jes'uit, a member of the Society of Jesus, formed by Ignatius Loyola in 1534: "Jesus."

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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