The Life of St. Ignatius
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Transcript of The Life of St. Ignatius
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Places Ignatius Went
Paris
Barcelona
Pamplona
Rome
Azpeitia
Montserrat
Jerusalem
ManresaAlcalá
Salamanca
Azpeitia
• Ignatius Loyola (Inigo de Lopez) was born here in 1491, a year before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
• In 1521, after the cannonball shot, Ignatius was taken here to heal
• This is where he had his conversion experience
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Pamplona
• In May 1521, Ignatius was shot by a cannonball, completely breaking one leg and badly damaging the other.
• Now days, they have an annual “Running of the Bulls”
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Montserrat
• This is a monastery in Catalonia, Spain• Ignatius came here first after he healed to
have his sins absolved. It took three days.• Ignatius switched his clothes, which
distinguished him as nobility, with a poor man for the man’s torn sackcloth
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Manresa
• Ignatius began to mortify himself, but was discouraged from it by the Dominican priests
• In a cave near Manresa, Ignatius created the Spiritual Exercises
• Ignatius also had a vision of the crucifix telling him to gather a group of men to serve God
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Barcelona
• Spain’s second largest city, after Madrid• Ignatius began his ministry here, by caring and
praying for the sick• Ignatius went to school with schoolboys here
at the age of 33
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Paris
• In 1528, Ignatius reached the University of Paris to complete his studies
• It is here that Ignatius meet two of the first members of his Company, Francis Xavier and Peter Favre
• Paris is still a large tourist spot today
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Rome
• The Vatican is located in this city• Ignatius first came here to get permission to
go to Jerusalem• Later, he came here to have the Society of
Jesus made into a religious order, as well as serve as the Jesuits’ first superior
• Ignatius of Loyola died in Rome on July 31, 1556
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Jerusalem
• Ignatius came here in 1523 for a pilgrimage• Ignatius had to leave due to war, which made
him realize that he was not to form his company there
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Alcalá
• Ignatius began his college studies here• He was forced to move to Salamanca to
continue his studies due to the Spanish Inquisition
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Salamanca
• Ignatius resumed his studies here, but then moved to Paris to finish his studies since the Spanish Inquisition wouldn’t leave him alone
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