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Ignatius of loyola books pdf Continue Catholic Saint, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) SaintIgnatius of LoyolaS.J.Portrait of Peter Paul RubensMain Founder of the Society of Jesus Counter-Reform soldier PriestNatoDeigo L'pez de O'az y Loyola(1491-10-23)23 October 1491Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Corona di CastileDied31 July 1556 (age 65)Rome, Papal StatesVenerato inCaholica ChiesaAnglicana Communion[1]Beatified27 July 1609, Rome, Papal States by Pope Paul VCanonized12 March 1622, Rome , Papal States of Pope Gregory XVFeast31 JulyAttributesSacerdotal paramenti, tonaca, ferraiolo, biretta, in possession of a book with the inscription Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, trampling on a heretic, IHS Christogram, crucified, and a rosaryPatronageSociety of Jesus; Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastiàn and Bilbao, Biscay and Gipuzkoa; Basque Country; Sulat, Eastern Samar, Philippines; University of Manila University; Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Junàn, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore; and Antwerp, Belgium Ignatius of Loyola (born I'igo L'pez de O'az y Loyola; Basque: Ignatius Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; C. 23 October 1491[2] – 31 July 1556), revered as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who co-founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became his first Superior General in Paris in 1541. [3] The Jesuit order served the Pope as a missionary, and they were bound by a fourth vow of special obedience to the sovereign pontiff regarding missions. [4] They emerged as an important force during the Counter-Reformation period. Ignatius is remembered as a talented spiritual director. He recorded his method in a famous treatise called Spiritual Exercises, a simple set of meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, first published in 1548. Ignatius was beatified in 1609, and then canonized, receiving the title of Saint on March 12, 1622. The day of his feast is celebrated on July 31. He is the patron saint of the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Biscay, as well as the Society of Jesus, and was declared patron of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922. Ignatius is also a patron saint of soldiers. [6] The Shrine of the first years of Loyola's life, in Azpeitia, built above the birthplace of Ignatius, Mr. Lopez de Loyola (more fully, de Oàaz y Loyola; sometimes mistakenly called de Reca)[7] was born in the municipality of Azpeitia at Loyola Castle in present-day Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. He was baptized after Saint Aenecus (Innicus) (Basque: Eneko; Spanish: Abbot of Oàa, a medieval Basque and affectionate name meaning My Little One. [8] It is unclear when he began using the Latin name Ignatius instead of his baptismal name Igo. [9] Historian Gabriel Maria Verd says he had no plans to change the name but rather rather rather a name he believed was a simple variant of it, for use in France and Italy where it was best understood. He was the youngest of thirteen children. His mother died shortly after his birth, and was then raised by Maria de Garàn, the wife of the local blacksmith. [11] The name de Loyola adopted the surname de Loyola in reference to the Basque village of Loyola where he was born. [quote required] Military career Ignatius in armor, in a 16th-century painting St. Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and Father God in Domenichino's La Storta[12] As a boy, he became a page in the service of a relative, Juan Velàzquez de Cuéllar, treasurer (mayor of contador) of the Kingdom of Castile. [quote required] As a young man, the young man had a great love of military exercises and a huge desire for fame. I frame his life around the stories of El Cid, the knights of Camelot and roland's cantano. He enlisted in the army at seventeen, and according to a biographer, he soared with his cloak open to reveal his fitted tube and boots; a sword and a dagger at the waist. [14] According to another he was a dresser, an experienced dancer, a womaniser, sensitive to insult, and a rough swordsman who used his privileged status to escape prosecution for violent crimes committed with his priest brother at the time of the carnival. [15] After meeting a Moor who denied the divinity of Jesus, he challenged him to a duel to the death, and seasoned him with his sword. [14] [page needed] He also dueled many other men. [14] In 1509, at the age of 18, he took up arms for Antonio Manrique de Lara, 2nd Duke of Nàjera. His diplomacy and leadership earned him the title of servant of the court, which made him very useful to the Duke. Under the duke's leadership, he participated in many battles without injuries. But at the Battle of Pamplona in 1521 he was seriously wounded when a Franco-Navarrese expeditionary force attacked the fortress of Pamplona on May 20, 1521, and a cannonball bouncing off a nearby wall shattered his right leg. , having the bones set and then broken. In the end, these operations left the right leg shorter than before. The rest of his limp life would be lame, and his military career was over. [15] Religious conversion and Manresa visions, Chapel in the Grotto of St. Ignatius where Ignatius practiced asceticism and conceived his Spiritual Exercises Part of a series on the theology of Christian mysticism. 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His beloved sister-in-law, Magdalena de Araoz, chose two texts to read while she was recovering. [18] This is how he came to read a series of religious texts about the life of Jesus and the life of the saints, since the stories of chivalry he loved to read were not at his disposal in the castle. [7] The religious work that most struck him was Ludolph's De Vita Christi of Saxony. [19] This book would influence his whole life, inspiring him to devote himself to God and to follow the example of Francis of Assisi and other great monks. He also inspired his method of meditation, since Ludolph proposes that the reader mentally place himself on the scene of evangelical history, displaying the nativity scene to the Nativity, etc. This type of meditation, known as Simple Contemplation, was the basis for the method that Saint Ignatius would promote in his Spiritual Exercises. [20] [21] In addition to dreaming of imitating the Saints in his readings, he still wandered in his mind about what he would do in the service of his king and in honor of the royal lady he was in love with.