ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

FEAST DAY

INTREATING FACTS

• He was the first founder of the religious order
• He died on July 13 which is the same day as his feast day
• He let a donkey he was ridding determine if he followed a murder
• He thought his leg was set poorly after a cannon ball incident so he had the doctor re brake it
• He was hauled before the Spanish inquisition on many occasions

All that began to change one day in the spring of 1521. Ignatius was 30 years old at the time, an officer in the Spanish army. Leading his fellow soldiers into a battle against the French that they were sure to lose, he was struck by a cannonball in the leg. During a difficult recovery (he limped for the rest of his life), the young man asked for books about chivalry — his favorite reading. There weren’t any at the family castle where he convalesced. He had to settle for a book about the life of Christ and biographies of the saints — which he found unexpectedly riveting.

I admire St. ignatius of Layla because he accomplished many things in his life. He also helped many people in his life.

A question that I would ask this saint is what was his life like.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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