NOTABLE JESUITS

SAINT IGNATIUS Of LOYOLA

• Saint Ignatius of Loyola injured in battle
• He read a book about Jesus Christ during his recovery
• Ignatius and his friends formed the Society of Jesus for the Jesuits
• The Jesuits opened many schools and became a leader in education

SAINT PETER FABER

• Saint Peter Faber went to Paris for college and met Saint Francis Xavier and Saint Ignatius of Loyola
• He joined the early Jesuits and helped stop the spread of protestantism
• Peter Faber had a great devotion to the angels

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

• Saint Francis Xavier taught philosophy at the university of Paris
• He was heavily influenced by Ignatius of Loyola
• Frances Xavier went to India to help re establish the faith of portagese colonists
• He went to Japan to spread Christianity but found it very difficult
• Francis Xavier then planned to go to china but fell ill and died

SAINT PETER CLAVER

• Saint Peter Claver studied at Jesuit universities
• He was ordained and went to Columbia to help incoming slaves
• He converted them and helped them as mush as possible

SAINT ALOYSIUS GONZAGA

• Saint Aloysius Gonzaga promised a religious and virgin life
• He got a kidney disease and read about saints during recovery
• Gonzaga become a Jesuit
• He died serving the sick during a plague in milan

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