47-564: Loyola may refer to: People [ edit ] St. Ignatius of Loyola Loyola (surname) Etsowish-simmegee-itshin , indigenous man whose baptismal name was Loyola Places [ edit ] For spiritual centers, see § Spirituality . Loyola (CTA) , a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, in Chicago, Illinois, US Loyola (Montreal) ,
94-847: A Magisterium from the University of Paris at the age of forty-three in 1535. In later life, he would often be called "Master Ignatius" because of this. In 1539, with Peter Faber and Francis Xavier, Ignatius formed the Society of Jesus, which was approved in 1540 by Pope Paul III . He was chosen as the first Superior General of the order and invested with the title of "Father General" by the Jesuits. Ignatius sent his companions on missions across Europe to create schools, colleges, and seminaries. Juan de Vega , then ambassador of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in Rome, met Ignatius there and having formed
141-408: A cave nearby where he practised rigorous asceticism , praying for seven hours a day, and formulating the fundamentals of his Spiritual Exercises . Íñigo also experienced a series of visions in full daylight while at the hospital. These repeated visions appeared as "a form in the air near him and this form gave him much consolation because it was exceedingly beautiful ... it somehow seemed to have
188-413: A dead body", meaning that a Jesuit should be as empty of ego as is a corpse. However the overarching Jesuit principle became: Ad maiorem Dei gloriam ("for the greater glory of God"). Ignatius died in Rome on 31 July 1556, probably of the " Roman Fever ", a severe variant of malaria which was endemic in Rome throughout medieval history. An autopsy revealed that he also had kidney and bladder stones,
235-608: A degree in theology. As a result, he was singled out for interrogation by the Inquisition but was later released. Following these risky activities, Íñigo (by this time, he had changed his name to Ignatius, probably to make it more acceptable to other Europeans) adopted the surname "de Loyola" in reference to the Basque village of Loyola where he was born. moved to France to study at the University of Paris . He attended first
282-1561: A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Loyola, California , an unincorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, US Loyola, San Sebastián , a neighborhood in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain Sanctuary of Loyola , Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain Education [ edit ] Secondary schools [ edit ] Asia & Oceania [ edit ] India [ edit ] Loyola High School (Goa) , Margao Loyola High School, Patna , Bihar Loyola High School (Pune) , Maharashtra Loyola High School, Hindupur Loyola High School, Karimnagar Loyola High School, KD Peta Loyola High School, Vinukonda Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur Loyola Public School , Nallapadu, Andhra Pradesh Loyola School, Baripada , Odisha Loyola School, Bhubaneswar , Odisha Loyola School, Chennai , Chennai Loyola School, Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala Loyola School, Kozhikode , Kerala Loyola Convent Primary School , Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu St.Ignatius Convent Higher Secondary School , Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu Australia [ edit ] Loyola College, Melbourne , secondary school in Watsonia,
329-522: A good impression of the Jesuits, invited them to travel with him to his new appointment as Viceroy of Sicily . As a result, a Jesuit college was opened in Messina , which proved a success, so that its rules and methods were later copied in subsequent colleges. In a letter to Francis Xavier before his departure to India in 1541, Ignatius famously used the Latin phrase "Ite, inflammate omnia", meaning, "Go, set
376-487: A group linked in their zeal and spirituality to Franciscan reforms, but they had incurred mounting suspicion from the administrators of the Inquisition. Once when Íñigo was preaching on the street, three of these devout women began to experience ecstatic states. "One fell senseless, another sometimes rolled about on the ground, another had been seen in the grip of convulsions or shuddering and sweating in anguish." The suspicious activity took place while Íñigo had preached without
423-486: A main-belt asteroid Spirituality [ edit ] Loyola Hall , Rainhill, Merseyside, United Kingdom Loyola House , Guelph, Ontario, Canada Villa Loyola , Sudbury, Ontario, Canada See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Loyola St. Ignatius High School (disambiguation) Saint Ignatius College (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
470-490: A name which he believed was a simple variant of his own, for use in France and Italy where it was better understood. Íñigo adopted the surname "de Loyola" in reference to the Basque village of Loyola where he was born. Soon after the birth of Íñigo, his mother died. Maternal care fell to María de Garín, the wife of the local blacksmith. In 1498, his second eldest brother, Martin, heir to the estate, took his new wife to live in
517-401: A probable cause of the abdominal pains he suffered from in later life. The anatomist Matteo Colombo was present at the necropsy of St. Ignatius. He describes the results in his De re anatomica libre XV : I have taken out innumerable stones with my own hands, with various colors found in the kidneys, in the lungs, in the liver, and in the portal vein. For I saw stones in the ureters, in
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#1732772177071564-2738: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria Loyola College, Mount Druitt , secondary school in New South Wales Indonesia [ edit ] Kolese Loyola , Semarang, Central Java New Zealand [ edit ] St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College, Drury (opening 2023) Africa [ edit ] Kenya [ edit ] St. Ignatius Mukumu Boys , high school in Kakamega, Kenya Nigeria [ edit ] Loyola Jesuit College , secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria Loyola College, Ibadan , Nigeria Tanzania [ edit ] Loyola School, Dar es Salaam , Tanzania North America [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Loyola Campus, Concordia University , Montreal, Quebec Loyola Catholic Secondary School , Mississauga, Ontario Loyola High School (Montreal) , Quebec St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School (Oakville) , Ontario United States [ edit ] Loyola Academy , Wilmette, Illinois Loyola Blakefield , Towson, Maryland Loyola Catholic School , Mankato, Minnesota Loyola College Prep , Shreveport, Louisiana Loyola High School (Detroit) , Michigan Loyola High School (Los Angeles) , California Loyola Sacred Heart High School , Missoula, Montana Loyola School (New York City) , Manhattan, New York Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland) , Cleveland, Ohio St. Ignatius College Preparatory , San Francisco, California St. Ignatius College Preparatory School , Chicago, Illinois South America [ edit ] Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (Caracas), La Castellana, Caracas, Venezuela Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (Medellín) , Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (San Juan) , San Juan, Puerto Rico Loyola College, Belo Horizonte , MG, Brazil Colegio Loyola Gumilla, Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela Universities and colleges [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] The former Loyola College (Montreal) , Quebec (now Concordia University) Loyola International College, part of Concordia University Loyola Student Residence & Loyola Academic Complex, part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax) , Nova Scotia India [ edit ] Andhra Loyola College , Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Loyola Academy, Secunderabad , Andhra Pradesh Loyola College, Chennai , Tamil Nadu Peru [ edit ] Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (St. Ignatius of Loyola University) (USIL), Lima, Peru San Ignacio University,
611-429: A sword and dagger at his waist". According to another he was "a fancy dresser, an expert dancer, a womanizer, sensitive to insult, and a rough punkish swordsman who used his privileged status to escape prosecution for violent crimes committed with his priest brother at carnival time." In 1509, aged 18, Íñigo took up arms for Antonio Manrique de Lara, 2nd Duke of Nájera . His diplomacy and leadership qualities earned him
658-442: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages St. Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola SJ ( / ɪ ɡ ˈ n eɪ ʃ ə s / ig- NAY -shəs ; Basque : Ignazio Loiolakoa ; Spanish : Ignacio de Loyola ; Latin : Ignatius de Loyola ; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola ; c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola ,
705-710: Is named after the Society's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola . The school has consistently ranked at the top of Nigerian schools in the WAEC exams. Loyola Jesuit College is located on a 28.5-hectare (70-acre) site in the village of Gidan Mangoro. Funds to construct the school were provided by the New York province of the Society of Jesus and the United States Agency for International Development , Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad . The ceremonial laying of foundation stone took place on April 1, 1995 and
752-523: Is named for him. In India , Loyola College, Chennai is named after him. This college was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest Francis Bertram (originally known as Père François Bertrand), along with other European Jesuits. The Shield of Oñaz-Loyola is a symbol of the Ignatius family's Oñaz lineage, and is used by many Jesuit institutions around the world. As the official colours of
799-600: The Holy Land to "kiss the earth where our Lord had walked", and to do stricter penances . He thought that his plan was confirmed by a vision of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus he experienced one night, which resulted in much consolation to him. In March 1522, he visited the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat . There, he carefully examined his past sins , confessed , gave his fine clothes to
846-683: The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines , the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore , in his native Basque Country, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp , Belo Horizonte, Junín, and Rome. Numerous institutions across the world are named for him, including many educational institutions and Ateneo University institutions in the Philippines. In 1852, Loyola University Maryland was
893-573: The Loyola family are maroon and gold , the Oñaz shield consists of seven maroon bars going diagonally from the upper left to the lower right on a gold field. The bands were granted by the King of Spain to each of the Oñaz brothers, in recognition of their bravery in battle. The Loyola shield features a pair of rampant grey wolves flanking each side of a cooking pot. The wolf was a symbol of nobility, while
940-587: The Maria della Strada Church on 1 August 1556. In 1568 the church was demolished and replaced with the Church of the Gesù . Ignatius' remains were reinterred in the new church in a new coffin. Ignatius was beatified by Pope Paul V on 27 July 1609, and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. His feast day is celebrated annually on 31 July, the day he died. He is venerated as the patron saint of Catholic soldiers,
987-521: The Portuguese Simão Rodrigues and Peter Faber , a Savoyard , the latter two becoming his first companions, and his closest associates in the foundation of the future Jesuit order. "On the morning of the 15th of August, 1534, in the chapel of church of Saint Peter , at Montmartre, Loyola and his six companions, of whom only one was a priest, met and took upon themselves the solemn vows of their lifelong work." Ignatius gained
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#17327721770711034-587: The ascetic Collège de Montaigu , moving on to the Collège Sainte-Barbe to study for a master's degree. He arrived in France at a time of anti-Protestant turmoil which had forced John Calvin to flee France. Very soon after, Ignatius had gathered around him six companions, all of them fellow students at the university. They were the Spaniards Alfonso Salmeron , Diego Laynez , Francis Xavier and Nicholas Bobadilla , with
1081-455: The bladder, in the colon, in the hemorrhoidal veins as well as in the umbilicus. Also in the gall bladder I found stones of various shapes and colors. From the facts presented, the exact cause of death cannot be established. The stones mentioned in the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and gall bladder appear to indicate nephrolithiasis and cholelithiasis . The so-called stones in the veins appear to be thrombosed haemorrhoids. Those mentioned in
1128-516: The castle, and instead, his beloved sister-in-law, Magdalena de Araoz brought him the lives of Christ and of the saints. The religious work which most particularly struck him was the De Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony . This book would influence his whole life, inspiring him to devote himself to God and follow the example of Francis of Assisi and other great monks. It also inspired his method of meditation, since Ludolph proposes that
1175-437: The castle, and she became mistress of the household. Later, the seven-year-old boy Íñigo returned to Casa Loyola. Anticipating his possible ecclesiastic career, Don Beltrán had Íñigo tonsured . Instead, Íñigo became a page in the service of a relative, Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar, treasurer ( contador mayor ) of the kingdom of Castile . During his time in the household of Don Velázquez, Íñigo took up dancing, fencing, gambling,
1222-615: The church, Loyola instituted a fourth vow for Jesuits of obedience to the Pope, to engage in projects ordained by the pontiff. Jesuits were instrumental in leading the Counter-Reformation . As a former soldier, Ignatius paid particular attention to the spiritual formation of his recruits and recorded his method in the Spiritual Exercises (1548). In time, the method has become known as Ignatian spirituality . He
1269-400: The colon, liver, and lungs suggest the possibility of a malignant gastro-intestinal growth with metastases to the liver and lungs. Because of the inadequacy of the protocols of the sixteenth century, the exact final anatomical diagnosis on the autopsy of Ignatius cannot be established beyond doubt. His body was dressed in his priestly robes, placed in a wooden coffin and buried in the crypt of
1316-575: The entire design represented the family's generosity towards their military followers. According to legend, wolves had enough to feast on after the soldiers had eaten. Both shields were combined as a result of the intermarriage of the two families in 1261. Former coat of arms of the Argentine city, Junín, Buenos Aires used until 1941 bore Loyola shield under the Sun of May and surrounded by laurel wreath. Villoslada [ es ; eu ] established
1363-754: The first university in the United States to bear his name. In 1949 he was the subject of a Spanish biographical film Loyola, the Soldier Saint starring Rafael Durán in the role of Ignatius. In 2016, he was the subject of a Filipino film, Ignacio de Loyola , in which he was portrayed by Andreas Muñoz . Ignatius of Loyola is honoured in the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 31 July. The Saint Ignatius de Loyola Catholic Church , built in 1905 in El Paso, Texas ,
1410-601: The following detailed genealogy of Ignatius of Loyola: Martín García Óñez de Loyola , soldier and Governor of Chile killed by Mapuches at the Battle of Curalaba , is likely Ignatius's nephew. Loyola Jesuit College Loyola Jesuit College is a private Catholic secondary boarding school, located in Gidan Mangoro , Abuja , Nigeria . The school was founded by the Society of Jesus on October 2, 1996, and
1457-437: The leg, with his bones set and rebroken. In the end, the operations left his right leg shorter than the other. He would limp for the rest of his life, with his military career over. While recovering from surgery, Íñigo underwent a spiritual conversion and discerned a call to the religious life. In order to divert the weary hours of convalescence, he asked for the romances of chivalry, his favourite reading, but there were none in
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1504-590: The municipality of Azpeitia , Gipuzkoa, in the Basque region of Spain . His parents, Don Beltrán Ibáñez de Oñaz y Loyola and Doña María (or Marina) Sáenz de Licona y Balda, who were of the minor nobility, from the clan of Loyola, were involved in the Basque war of the bands . Their manor house was demolished on the orders of the King of Castile in 1456 for their depredations in Gipuzkoa, with Iñigo's paternal grandfather being expelled to Andalusia by Henry IV . Íñigo
1551-474: The poor he met, wore a "garment of sack-cloth", then hung his sword and dagger at the Virgin 's altar during an overnight vigil at the shrine. From Montserrat he walked on to the nearby town of Manresa ( Catalonia ), where he lived for about a year, begging for his keep, and then eventually doing chores at a local hospital in exchange for food and lodging. For several months he spent much of his time praying in
1598-419: The pursuit of the young ladies, and duelling. Íñigo was keen on military exercises and was driven by a desire for fame. He patterned his life after the stories of El Cid , the knights of Camelot , The Song of Roland and other tales of romantic chivalry. He joined the army at seventeen, and according to one biographer, he strutted about "with his cape flying open to reveal his tight-fitting hose and boots;
1645-534: The reader place himself mentally at the scene of the Gospel story, visualising the crib at the Nativity, etc. This type of meditation, known as Simple Contemplation, was the basis for the method that Ignatius outlined in his Spiritual Exercises . Aside from dreaming about imitating the saints in his readings, Íñigo was still wandering off in his mind about what "he would do in service to his king and in honour of
1692-403: The royal lady he was in love with". Cautiously he came to realize the after-effects of both kinds of his dreams. He experienced desolation and dissatisfaction when the romantic heroism dream was over, but, the saintly dream ended with much joy and peace. It was the first time he learned about discernment . After he had recovered sufficiently to walk again, Íñigo resolved to begin a pilgrimage to
1739-737: The school's intercollegiate athletic program Loyola University Maryland , Baltimore, Maryland (formerly, Loyola College) Loyola Greyhounds , the school's intercollegiate athletic program Loyola University New Orleans , Louisiana Loyola University New Orleans College of Law St. Ignatius College, renamed John Carroll University , Cleveland, Ohio Elsewhere [ edit ] Instituto Politécnico Loyola (Loyola Polytechnic Institute), Benemérita de San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic Loyola College of Culion , Palawan, Philippines Loyola University Andalusia , Seville and Cordoba, Spain Science [ edit ] 3589 Loyola ,
1786-468: The shape of a serpent and had many things that shone like eyes, but were not eyes. He received much delight and consolation from gazing upon this object ... but when the object vanished he became disconsolate". He came to interpret this vision as diabolical in nature. In September 1523, Íñigo made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the aim of settling there. He remained there from 3 to 23 September but
1833-408: The title Loyola . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loyola&oldid=1178322993 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1880-572: The title "servant of the court", and made him very useful to the Duke. Under the Duke's leadership, Íñigo participated in many battles without injury. However at the Battle of Pamplona on 20 May 1521 he was gravely injured when a French-Navarrese expedition force stormed the fortress of Pamplona, and a cannonball ricocheting off a nearby wall fractured his right leg. Íñigo was returned to his father's castle in Loyola, where, in an era before anesthetics , he underwent several surgical operations to repair
1927-546: The university's international campus in Miami. Instituto San Ignacio de Loyola (ISIL), the university's institute for short careers, Lima, Peru United States [ edit ] Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles, California Loyola Law School Loyola Marymount Lions , this school's intercollegiate athletic program Loyola University Chicago , Illinois Loyola University Chicago School of Law Loyola University Medical Center Loyola Ramblers ,
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1974-602: The world on fire", a phrase used in the Jesuit order to this day. With the assistance of his secretary, Juan Alfonso de Polanco , Ignatius wrote the Jesuit Constitutions, which were adopted in 1553. They created a centralised organisation of the order, and stressed absolute self-denial and obedience to the Pope and to superiors in the Church hierarchy. This was summarised in the motto perinde ac cadaver – "as if
2021-403: Was beatified in 1609 and was canonized as a 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 of the Society of Jesus. He was declared the patron saint of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922. Ignatius of Loyola was born Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola in the castle at Loyola, in
2068-451: 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. Ignatius envisioned the purpose of the Society of Jesus to be missionary work and teaching . In addition to the vows of chastity, obedience and poverty of other religious orders in
2115-538: Was presided over by the Honorable Walter Carrington , the then US Ambassador to Nigeria. He described the site as a "field of dreams". The school opened with 101 students on October 2, 1996. On December 10, 2005, Loyola Jesuit College lost 60 students in the crash of Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 , which killed 107 people. One of the two survivors was Kechi Okwuchi , a Loyola student. A new multi-purpose auditorium, Memorial Hall, memorializes
2162-531: Was sent back to Europe by the Franciscans . He returned to Barcelona and at the age of 33 attended a free public grammar school in preparation for university entrance. He went on to the University of Alcalá, where he studied theology and Latin from 1526 to 1527. There he encountered a number of devout women who had been called before the Inquisition . These women were considered alumbrados –
2209-598: Was the youngest of their thirteen children. Their eldest son, Juan Pérez, had soldiered in forces commanded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , but died fighting in the Italian Wars (1494–1559). He was baptized "Íñigo" on honour of Íñigo of Oña , Abbot of Oña ; the name also is a medieval Basque diminutive for "My little one". It is not clear when he began using the Latin name "Ignatius" instead of his baptismal name "Íñigo". Historian Gabriel María Verd says that Íñigo did not intend to change his name, but rather adopted
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