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Ignatius o Loyola

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Ignatius o Loyola
Portrait bi Peter Paul Rubens
BornOctober 23, 1491
Loyola, Gipuzkoa, Basque Kintra, Kinrick o Castille (currently Spain)
Dee'dJulie 31, 1556 (aged 64)
Roum, Papal States
Veneratit inCatholic Kirk, Anglican Communion
BeatifiedJulie 27, 1609 by Paul V
CanonisedMairch 12, 1622 by Gregory XV
FeastJulie 31
AttributesEucharist, chasuble, beuk, cross
PatronageDioceses of San Sebastián an Bilbao, Biscay & Gipuzkoa, Basque Kintra, Militar Ordinariate o the Philippines, Society o Jesus, sodgers, Eddicators an Eddication.

Ignatius o Loyola (Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa, Spaingie: Ignacio de Loyola) (c. October 23, 1491[1] – Julie 31, 1556) wis a Spaingie knicht frae a local Basque noble faimily, hermit, priest syne 1537, an theologian, who foondit the Society o Jesus Christ (Jesuits) an, on 19 Aprile 1541, acame its first Superior General.[2]

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  1. García Villoslada, Ricardo (1986). San Ignacio de Loyola: Nueva biografía (in Spanish). La Editorial Católica. ISBN 84-220-1267-7. We deduct that, (...), Iñigo de Loyola should have been born before October 23, 1491.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. Idígoras Tellechea, José Ignacio (1994). "When was he born? His nurse's account". Ignatius of Loyola: The Pilgrim Saint. Chicago: Loyola University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-8294-0779-0.