A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés. (photo: Jl FilpoC via Wikimedia / (CC BY-SA 4.0).) Besides being the founder of one of the largest ...

This Spanish saint was one of the most influential figures in the Roman Catholic Reformation in the 16th Century and the founder of the religious order, the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was born ...

Besides being the founder of one of the largest religious orders in the world and the author of the “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius of Loyola is also the patron saint of soldiers.