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Ignatius of Loyola
May 31, 1491 – August 10, 1556
Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
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Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.
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- Birthday · May 31
- Anniversary · August 10
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