Wednesday, December 24, 2014

24 December 1491 A.D. Ignatius of Loyola Born—Champion of Counter-Reformation


24 December 1491 A.D.  Ignatius of Loyola Born—Champion of Counter-Reformation


Ignatius of Loyola (1491 to 1556)

Roman Church

Founder of the Jesuits

Spanish ascetic and theologian Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is born in Guipuzcoa, Spain. His order quickly became a great power in Roman Catholicism and led the Counter-Reformation.

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