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Birth of Iñigo de Loyola (Saint Ignatius of Loyola)
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Ignatius was seriously wounded at Pamplona, Spain, while defending its fortress against the French.
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Ignatius miraculously began to recover from his wounds on the eve of the feast of St. Peter.
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At Montserrat on the Vigil of the Annunciation, Ignatius spent the night in a prayerful vigil. He had arrived dressed in expensive clothes in the fashion and style of soldiers, but gave those garments to a poor man and donned a simple pilgrim's robe.
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Ignatius departed from Venice on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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After several months of sailing and a week of waiting in the harbour at Joppa to disembark, Ignatius finally entered the city of Jerusalem as a pilgrim. He could not stay in Holy Land.
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Ignatius was examined by the Inquisition in Alcala, Spain. They were concerned with the novelty of his way of life and his teaching.
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Ignatius was imprisoned for the first time, in Alcala, Spain, where he was studying and conversing with people on spiritual topics.
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Ignatius was thrown into prison after having been accused of having advised two noblewomen to undertake a pilgrimage, on foot, to Compostela.
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Ignatius arrived in Paris to begin his studies anew after his frustration at Alcalá and Salamanca.
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Ignatius and six companions – Pierre Faber, Francis Xavier, Diego Laynez, Simão Rodriguez, Alonso Salmerón, Nicolás Bobadilla – took their first vows at a Mass celebrated by Faber at Montmartre in Paris.
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At the Palazzo San Marco in Rome, Pope Paul III signed the Bull “Regimini militantis ecclesiae,” establishing the Society of Jesus as a religious order.
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The first two Austrian Jesuits set foot in Adelaide