Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius is remembered as a talented spiritual director.
He recorded his method in a celebrated treatise called the 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 12 March 1622.
His feast day is celebrated on 31 July. He is the patron saint of the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Biscay as well as the Society of Jesus, and was declared patron saint of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922.
Ignatius is also a foremost patron saint of soldiers. Inigo López de Loyola was born in the municipality of Azpeitia at the castle of Loyola in today's Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.
He was baptized Inigo, after St. Enecus Abbot of Oña, a Basque medieval, affectionate name meaning My little one. It is not clear when he began using the Latin name Ignatius instead of his baptismal name Inigo. Historian Gabriel María Verd says that Inigo did not intend to change his name, but rather adopted a name which he believed was a simple variant of his own, for use in France and Italy where it was better understood. Inigo was the youngest of thirteen children. His mother died soon after his birth, and he was then brought up by María de Garín, the local blacksmith's wife. Inigo adopted the surname de Loyola in reference to the Basque village of Loyo
He recorded his method in a celebrated treatise called the 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 12 March 1622.
His feast day is celebrated on 31 July. He is the patron saint of the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Biscay as well as the Society of Jesus, and was declared patron saint of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922.
Ignatius is also a foremost patron saint of soldiers. Inigo López de Loyola was born in the municipality of Azpeitia at the castle of Loyola in today's Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.
He was baptized Inigo, after St. Enecus Abbot of Oña, a Basque medieval, affectionate name meaning My little one. It is not clear when he began using the Latin name Ignatius instead of his baptismal name Inigo. Historian Gabriel María Verd says that Inigo did not intend to change his name, but rather adopted a name which he believed was a simple variant of his own, for use in France and Italy where it was better understood. Inigo was the youngest of thirteen children. His mother died soon after his birth, and he was then brought up by María de Garín, the local blacksmith's wife. Inigo adopted the surname de Loyola in reference to the Basque village of Loyo
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