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|SaintName=Saint Ignatius of Loyola | |SaintName=Saint Ignatius of Loyola | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=July 31 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Crown of Castile (now Spain) | |SaintBirthPlace=Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Crown of Castile (now Spain) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=43.1833, -2.2667 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=43.1833, -2.2667 | ||
|DeathPlace=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | |DeathPlace=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Founder’s burial and Jesuit mother church | |NotableLabel3=Founder’s burial and Jesuit mother church | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=41.8967, 12.4806 | |NotableCoordinates3=41.8967, 12.4806 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Spain; Italy | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of San Sebastián]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|CanonizationDate= | |CanonizationDate=1622-12-03 | ||
|Canonizer=Pope Gregory XV | |Canonizer=Pope Gregory XV | ||
|CanonizationLocation=Rome, Italy | |CanonizationLocation=Rome, Italy | ||
|Profession=soldier; nobleman | |Profession=soldier; nobleman | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy | |PrimaryShrine=Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Ignatius of Loyola''' (Basque: '''Ignacio Loiolakoa'''; 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556), also known as '''Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola''', was a Spanish priest and theologian who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was a principal figure of the Counter-Reformation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07643a.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ignatius Loyola |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records, including his autobiography dictated to Luis de Gonçalves da Câmara and contemporary testimonies, Ignatius was born into a noble Basque family in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, served as a page and soldier at the Spanish court, and underwent a profound conversion after a 1521 cannonball injury at the Battle of Pamplona, leading him to renounce worldly ambitions during recovery at Loyola Castle and a pilgrimage to Montserrat by 1522.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=212 |title=St. Ignatius Loyola |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Imprisoned by the Inquisition in 1527 for suspected heresy but released, he studied theology in Paris (1528–1535), forming the nucleus of the Jesuits with six companions, professing vows at Montmartre in 1534, and receiving papal approval for the order in 1540 under Paul III. | '''Saint Ignatius of Loyola''' (Basque: '''Ignacio Loiolakoa'''; 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556), also known as '''Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola''', was a Spanish priest and theologian who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was a principal figure of the Counter-Reformation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07643a.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ignatius Loyola |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records, including his autobiography dictated to Luis de Gonçalves da Câmara and contemporary testimonies, Ignatius was born into a noble Basque family in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, served as a page and soldier at the Spanish court, and underwent a profound conversion after a 1521 cannonball injury at the Battle of Pamplona, leading him to renounce worldly ambitions during recovery at Loyola Castle and a pilgrimage to Montserrat by 1522.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=212 |title=St. Ignatius Loyola |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Imprisoned by the Inquisition in 1527 for suspected heresy but released, he studied theology in Paris (1528–1535), forming the nucleus of the Jesuits with six companions, professing vows at Montmartre in 1534, and receiving papal approval for the order in 1540 under Paul III. | ||