The history of Ignatius Loyola

  • Dec 24, 1491

    Early life

    Early life
    Inigo was born in the municipality of Azpeitia at his family's castle in is what known today as Spain
  • Dec 24, 1506

    Early Life

    his mother died when he was seven years old, she had thirteen children and Ignatius was the youngest
  • Apr 16, 1509

    Army leader

    Army leader
    Inigo took up arms for Antonio Manrique de Lara, his leadership and diplomacy made him very useful to the Duke
  • May 20, 1521

    Army Leadership

    During the battle in Pamplona a cannon ball went through a wall and broke 1 of his legs, heavily wounded he went back to his families castle
  • Oct 15, 1521

    Army Leadership

    After the battle he had multiple surgeries to correct his broken leg and it was very painful, because it was in the days before anaesthetics
  • Feb 17, 1522

    Army Leadership

    During this time he was reecovering from his several surgeries after the cannonball broke his leg, he spent many months in a bed reflecting on his life
  • Mar 25, 1522

    Religious Life

    He visited the Benedictine Monstarey, where he hung his military vestments
  • Aug 29, 1522

    Religious Life

    He traveled to f Manresa, Catalonia and spent several months practicing asceticism
  • Oct 18, 1523

    Religious Life

    he instituted a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on a path of self denial and sacrifice, he experinced a lot of challenges in his pilgrimage to the holy land
  • Aug 15, 1534

    Religious Life

    Religious Life
    Loyola and his companions of only one was a priest, him and his companions took upon themselves the solemn vows of lifelong work
  • Nov 27, 1534

    Religious Life

    Religious Life
    He had gathered six main companions where he met them all at the university as students
  • Jul 31, 1556

    Death

    Death
    He dies, but will be remebered by his spiritual excercises and what he did during his life, he had a peaceful death dying in his bed
  • Period: Dec 24, 1557 to Nov 20, 1558

    The life of Ignatius Loyola