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What was St. Ignatius of Loyola’s birth name?

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Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book. — St. Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish theologian who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1534. The Jesuit order received official papal approval in 1540 and became a key player in the Counter-Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries.

St. Ignatius of Loyola was born with the name Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola. He was the youngest son of a noble and wealthy family from the Basque province of Guipúzcoa.12