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Ignatius of Loyola

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  1. A sixteenth-century Spanish priest of the Roman Catholic Church; the founder of the Jesuits. Ignatius of Loyola is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.


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Michael Sennett, a 26-year-old transgender man, sees that happening at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where he is communications director.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022

In 1556, St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuit order of Catholic priests and brothers - died in Rome.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2020

Statue of Ignatius of Loyola at the Church of the Gesù in Rome, one of the original Jesuit churches.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

A mass is to be held at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish at Boston College on a future date, followed by a celebration of his life at the North Shore of Boston.

From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2019

Ignatius of Loyola made his Order to go on without him, and it goes on just as he made it.

From The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by J. F. X. (John Francis Xavier) O'Conor

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