Ignatius of Loyola
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Spanish Catholic priest and theologian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ignatius of Loyola , venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus , and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.