Saint Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
Priest and founder of the Jesuits
Saint Ignatius of Loyola was priest and founder of the jesuits from Spain
“Love ought to manifest itself in deeds rather than in words.”— Saint Ignatius of Loyola
From the Spiritual Exercises, Section 230, the Contemplation to Attain Divine Love. Written during Ignatius's time at Manresa, 1522-1523, and formally approved by Pope Paul III in 1548.
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Seven Thousand Letters
Ignatius died in Rome on July 31, 1556. By then his Society of Jesus had over a thousand members across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He left behind his Spiritual Exercises, the Constitutions, and nearly seven thousand letters. He was canonized in 1622. Today the Jesuits remain the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church.
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