NOTABLE JESUITS

The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, was founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola and a few others. The following slides contain information about those people and the amazing things they accomplished.

IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

• Spanish priest and theologian
• Founded the Society of Jesus(jesuits)
• Beatified in 1609; Canonized March 12, 1622

FRANCES XAVIER

• Roman Catholic missionary
• Co-founder of the Society of Jesus(jesuits)
• Took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmarte, Paris

PETER FABER

• The first Jesuit priest and theologian
• Admitted to the Collège Sainte-Barbe, the oldest school in the University of Paris
• His feast day is August 2nd

ALOYSIUS GONZAGA

• Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus
• Aloysius gave up all rights to his inheritance to become a Jesuit
• Aloysius suffered from kidney diseases, skin diseases, chronic headache, and insomnia

JOHN BERCHMANS

• He was a Jesuit scholastic
• He is the patron saint of alter servers
• He was beatified in 1865 and canonized January 15, 1888

These saints were important in the Society of Jesus. They founded and help build the basic beliefs of the Jesuits.