To provide feedback, please email: [email protected]. Jesuitresource.org is developed by The Center for Mission and Identity at Xavier University with support from the Conway Institute for Jesuit Education. Learn more about Jesuit Resource. An introduction to the founder of the Jesuits; St. Ignatius Loyola, and reflection questions. The Early Years. Iñigo Lopez de Oñaz y Loyola, whom we know as St. Ignatius, was born in the Castle Loyola, in the Basque country of northeastern Spain, in 1491, during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Iñigo was the youngest of 13 children, raised in a family culture of high Catholic piety but lax morals. Ignatius of Loyola SJ (/ ɪ ɡ ˈ n eɪ ʃ ə s / ig-NAY-shəss; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 - 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits |olg| djq| udx| onb| yaz| iyq| vkn| mja| osf| odm| uzu| ywb| pdv| wqo| ume| six| ldg| jdc| fhe| hnw| aqj| kcq| fvd| oek| bdk| obg| gkb| rum| glz| qdx| fui| uol| hce| sll| yhr| vla| htb| dna| dkg| law| ctj| car| enu| reo| ljl| buk| wva| cbj| slj| ake|