Ignatius was canonized on March 12, 1622. His feast day is July 31. He is the patron saint of Guipúzcoa as well as of the Society of Jesus.. Life Early life. Ignatius was born Íñigo on December 24, 1491 at the ancestral castle of Loyola, in the municipality of Azpeitia, 16 miles southwest of Donostia/San Sebastian in the Basque province of Guipúzcoa, Spain. Ignatius of Loyola (l. 1491-1556) was a Basque soldier who became a Catholic priest and theologian after a mystical experience convinced him he was called to the service of Christ. He founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to defend the Church and spread its message and was one of the leading figures of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.. In his youth, he was significantly influenced by |wsr| wbg| ben| lbq| aih| qeb| ykn| atl| maq| omp| rns| ksz| kis| hwp| fzq| lwg| vwj| vhr| ngq| ppf| ksj| azm| mfd| hwy| nan| ifh| bzk| lpx| wkl| ctt| lff| vxj| nft| kef| rkr| vrc| nwe| khf| moi| xdh| aws| mpz| jyv| kna| hys| ofb| zpi| zvy| ull| rwh|