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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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Jesuits are how members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order that was formed in 1540 by Ignatius Loyola, are commonly known as.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

The Jesuit Order, based in Rome, is formally named the Society of Jesus and was founded in the early 1500s by Ignatius Loyola.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2020

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."

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