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Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (born 1491)
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Ignatius of Loyola
Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Basque Spaniard Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jesuits
Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church
The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits, is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)