NOTABLE JESUITS

ST. IGNATIUS

• Founded the Jesuit Order
• Wrote the Spiritual Exercises
• Died from malaria

GEORGES LEMAÎTRE

• Proposed the “Big Bang Theory”
• First to derive Hubble-Demaître Law
• Served in Belgian army during WW1

POPE FRANCIS

• First Jesuit Pope
• First Pope from the Southern Hemisphere
• Advocate against climate change

ST. PETER CLAVER

• Advocated/ministered to slaves
• Worked in Cartagena
• Patron Saint of Slaves

BALTASAR GRACIAN

• Prominent conceptism (writing style) writer
• Lived in the 17th century
• Praised by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer

Jesuits have made some important contributions to science, the humanities, and society.

IMAGE CITATIONS

• Eric E Castro - St. Ignatius
• tonynetone on Flickr
• Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service
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