St. Ignatius of Loyola was born IƱigo LĆ³pez de OƱaz y Loyola, the youngest son of a noble and wealthy family. He became a page in the service of a powerful relative in 1506 and then a knight in 1517. His military career was abruptly ended in 1521 when he was hit in the legs with a cannonball in the Battle of Pamplona. He experienced a religious conversion during his convalescence and began emulating the spiritual devotion of Christian saints.
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