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Bookmark or Share- St. Ignatius of Loyola Feast day: Jul 31 - Catholic News Agency“St. Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life put God, his greatest glory and his greatest service, first,” the Pope said. “He was a profoundly prayerful man for...
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, ConfessorSt. Ignatius of Loyola, with his new and dynamic conception of the religious life, has left an impress on the Church unparalleled in modern times. The founder of the Society of Jesus was a pragmatic idealist who devoted his mature years to revitalizing Catholicism and meeting the challenge of the Protestant Reformation.
- The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola - Jesuits.orgJuly 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus who passed away on this day in the year 1556. We invite you to learn more about his life below and to use the following Ignatian resources and reflections to aid you in your contemplation:
- St. Ignatius of Loyola - Encyclopedia BritannicaSt. Ignatius of Loyola (born 1491, Loyola, Castile [Spain]—died July 31, 1556, Rome [Italy]; canonized March 12, 1622; feast day July 31) was a Spanish theologian and mystic, one of the most influential figures in the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation in the 16th century, and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Paris in 1534.
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola | Catholic AnswersIgnatius Loyola, Saint, youngest son of Don Beltran Yanez de Onez y Loyola and Marina Saenz de Licona y Balda (the name Lopez de Recalde, though accepted by the Bollandist Father Pien, is a copyist’s blunder), b. in 1491 at the castle of Loyola above Azpeitia in Guipuscoa; d. at Rome, July 31, 1556. The family arms are: per pale, or, seven ...
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