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Dec 23, 1491
Birth
Born in 1491 - Spain - Ignatius of Loyola was born in the ancestral castle of Loyola. The youngest child of a noble and wealthy family -
1506
First Job
in 1506 Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar who was the treasurer of the kingdom became his personal page -
1517
Knighthood
in Ignatius became a knight under a duke called Antonio Manrique de Lara who was another relative -
1521
His Turn to Christianity
after a battle where he defended Pamplona Ignatius was heavily injured suffering a wound from a cannon-ball which had hit his leg. While being treated Ignatius was not getting better, in fact, he was getting worse and he was believed to of had no hope and that he would die it was at this point that he started reading about Jesus, and Saints as it was the only reading material allowed at the castle -
1522
Repentance
Ignatius left his family and went to Montserrat were confessed his sins and hung up his sword near the statue of the Virgin Mary
for the next two years he would live as a begger -
Aug 15, 1534
Saint Ignatius 'vows'
Saint Ignatius and his six followers go to the crypt of the Church of Our Lady of the Martyrs, at Montmartre, and took vows of lifelong work. -
1535
His creation
Ignatius was sitting by a river and didn't have a vision, instead, he saw things and put them into practices making a book called The Spiritual Exercises which spoke of the arms of Christianity -
Sep 27, 1540
The Society of Jesus was formed
Pope Paul III approved the Society of Jesus. which Ignatius wanted to create -
1548
His Creation saw light
The Pope (Pual III) Approved of his book The Spiritual Exercises -
Jul 31, 1556
Death
Saint Ignatius dies of a type of malaria called Roman Fever.