NOTABLE JESUITS

SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

• St. Ignatius was a Spanish Basque priest and theologian.
• St. Ignatius founded and became the first Superior General of a religious order called the Society of Jesus
• St. Ignatius is remembered as a talented spiritual director and a foremost patron saint of soldiers.

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

• St. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary.
• St. Francis Xavier co-founded the Society of Jesus.
• St. Francis Xavier was one of the first of seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris.

PIERRE TEILHARD DE CAHARDIN

• Pierre was a French priest, theologian and paleontologist.
• Pierre’s erudite writings combined Catholic theology with evolution and other scientific theories.
• Pierre conceived the vitalist idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky’s concept of noosphere.

SAINT PETER FABER

• Saint Peter Faber is considered the first Jesuit Priest and theologian.
• Saint Peter Faber co-founded the Society of Jesus.
• Saint Peter Faber attended the University of Paris and has written a work entitled Memorial.

SAINT PETER CLAVER

• St. Peter Claver was a Catalan Jesuit priest and missionary.
• Due to his life and work, St. Peter Claver became the patron saint of slaves.
• It is estimated that St. Peter Claver baptized around 300,000 people personally.

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