Ignatius of Loyola

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Catholic priest Catholic saint founder of religious order human theologian

Ignatius of Loyola was a 16th-century Spanish priest and theologian who became a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation and the principal founder of the Jesuit order.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic priest → Catholic saint → founder of religious order → human → theologian →
beatifiedBy	Pope Paul V →
birthName	Íñigo López de Loyola →
burialPlace	Church of the Gesù, Rome →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
canonizedBy	Pope Gregory XV →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile →
dateOfBeatification	1609-07-27 →
dateOfBirth	1491 →
dateOfCanonization	1622-03-12 →
dateOfDeath	1556-07-31 →
educatedAt	University of Paris →
endTime	1556 →
ethnicGroup	Basque →
familyName	Loyola →
feastDay	July 31 →
founderOf	Jesuits → Society of Jesus →
givenName	Íñigo →
influenced	Catholic spirituality → Jesuit education system →
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin → Spanish →
memberOf	Catholic Church →
militaryService	Army of the Crown of Castile →
movement	Counter-Reformation →
notableEvent	Battle of Pamplona →
notableIdea	discernment of spirits → finding God in all things →
notableInjury	leg wound at Battle of Pamplona →
notableStudent	Francis Xavier → Peter Faber →
notableWork	Spiritual Exercises →
occupation	priest → religious leader → theologian →
patronage	Society of Jesus → soldiers → spiritual retreats →
placeOfBirth	Loyola, Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Spain →
placeOfDeath	Rome, Papal States →
positionHeld	Superior General of the Society of Jesus →
religion	Catholicism →
residence	Rome →
startTime	1541 →
veneratedIn	Catholic Church →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Loyola Academy → St Ignatius College, London → St. Ignace, Michigan ("St. Ignatius of Loyola") → St. Ignatius College →	namedAfter
Constitutions of the Society of Jesus → Spiritual Exercises →	author
Pontifical Gregorian University → Society of Jesus →	foundedBy
Pontifical Gregorian University → Society of Jesus →	founder
Constitutions of the Society of Jesus →	approvedBy
Simão Rodrigues →	associatedWith
Ignatius of Loyola ("Íñigo López de Loyola") →	birthName
Peter Faber →	closeAssociateOf
Alfonso Salmerón →	closeColleagueOf
Superior General of the Society of Jesus →	establishedBy
Superior General of the Society of Jesus →	firstHolder
Francis Xavier →	foundedByTogetherWith
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam ("Saint Ignatius of Loyola") →	historicalAssociation
Counter-Reformation →	importantFigure
Karl Rahner →	influencedBy
Nicolás Bobadilla →	notableStudentOrTraineeOf
Nicolás Bobadilla →	studentOf
Peter Faber →	studiedWith
Diego Laínez →	succeeded