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Notable Jesuits

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NOTABLE JESUITS

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SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

  • Injured by cannon ball while fighting the French Army
  • Read books about saints while recovering
  • Returned to Barcelona to complete his education

SAINT JOHN BERCHMANS

  • Had an early desire to become a priest
  • Known for his diligence and piety
  • Patron saint of altar boys

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

  • One of the seven who founded Society of Jesuits
  • A missionary who preached in Africa and Asia
  • Patron of Catholic missions

SAINT PETER CANISIUS

  • Ministered the sick and dying during a plague
  • Wrote three catechisms for children
  • Believed in the importance of learning the Catholic faith

SAINT EDMUND CAMPION

  • Raised Catholic, became an Anglican deacon, but returned to Catholicism
  • Fled persecution of Catholics
  • One of the forty English and Welsh martyrs

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