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List of saints of the Society of Jesus

Index List of saints of the Society of Jesus

The list of saints of the Society of Jesus here is alphabetical. [1]

71 relations: Alberto Hurtado, Alexander Briant, Alonso Rodriguez, Aloysius Gonzaga, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Andrew Bobola, Antoine Daniel, Bernardino Realino, Boxer Rebellion, Canadian Martyrs, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Charles Garnier (missionary), Chinese Martyrs, Claude de la Colombière, Counter-Reformation, David Lewis (Jesuit priest), Doctor of the Church, Edmund Arrowsmith, Edmund Campion, Elizabeth I of England, Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Francis de Geronimo, Francis Xavier, Gabriel Lalemant, Henry Morse, Henry Walpole, Ignatius of Loyola, Isaac Jogues, István Pongrácz, Jacques Berthieu, James VI and I, Jean de Brébeuf, Jean de Lalande, John Berchmans, John de Britto, John Francis Regis, John Ogilvie (saint), José de Anchieta, José María Rubio, Joseph Pignatelli, Juan del Castillo, Lecce, List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation, List of Jesuits, Martyr Saints of China, Martyrs of Japan, Martyrs of Natal, Melchior Grodziecki, Nicholas Owen (Jesuit), ..., Noël Chabanel, Paulo Miki, Peter Canisius, Peter Claver, Peter Faber, Philip Evans and John Lloyd, Priest hole, René Goupil, Robert Bellarmine, Robert Southwell (Jesuit), Roque González y de Santa Cruz, Saint, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Society of Jesus, Stanislaus Kostka, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Suppression of the Society of Jesus, The Mission (1986 film), Thomas Garnet, Vietnamese Martyrs, 26 Martyrs of Japan. Expand index (21 more) »

Alberto Hurtado

Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, S.J. (born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22, 1901 in Viña del Mar, Chile – August 18, 1952 in Santiago, Chile), popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Father Hurtado), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer of Basque origin, founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation.

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Alexander Briant

Saint Alexander Briant (17 August 1556 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.

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Alonso Rodriguez

Alphonsus (Alonso) Rodriguez (not to be confused with St. Alphonsus Rodriguez), born in 1538 at Valladolid (Spain), Spain and died the 21 February 1616 at Seville (Spain), was a Spanish Jesuit priest and spiritual writer of renown.

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Aloysius Gonzaga

Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga, S.J. (Luigi Gonzaga; 9 March 156821 June 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus.

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Alphonsus Rodriguez

Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez, S.J. (Alfonso) (July 25, 1532 – October 31, 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint.

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Andrew Bobola

Saint Andrew Bobola, S.J. (Andrzej Bobola, 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".

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Antoine Daniel

Saint Antoine Daniel (May 27, 1601 – July 4, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.

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Bernardino Realino

Saint Bernardino Realino (1 December 1530 – 2 July 1616) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion (拳亂), Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (義和團運動) was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.

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Canadian Martyrs

The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Charles Garnier (missionary)

Saint Charles Garnier, S.J. (baptised at Paris, May 25 1606 – December 7 1649) was a Jesuit missionary working in New France.

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Chinese Martyrs

Chinese Martyrs is the name given to a number of members of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church who were killed in China during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Claude de la Colombière

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Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War (1648).

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David Lewis (Jesuit priest)

David Lewis (1616 – 27 August 1679) was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker.

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Doctor of the Church

Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor "teacher") is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.

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Edmund Arrowsmith

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ (1585 – 28 August 1628) is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Edmund Campion

Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (24 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Catholic men and women executed for treason and related offences between 1535 and 1679.

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Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

Saint Francis Borgia, S.J., 4th Duke of Gandía (Valencian: Francesc de Borja, Francisco de Borja) (28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, a Grandee of Spain, a Spanish Jesuit, and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

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Francis de Geronimo

Saint Francesco de Geronimo (17 December 1642 - 11 May 1716) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits.

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Francis Xavier

Francis Xavier, S.J. (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, in Latin Franciscus Xaverius, Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa, Spanish: Francisco Javier; 7 April 15063 December 1552), was a Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary, born in Javier (Xavier in Navarro-Aragonese or Xabier in Basque), Kingdom of Navarre (present day Spain), and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.

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Gabriel Lalemant

Saint Gabriel Lalemant (October 3, 1610, Paris, France – March 17, 1649, Saint Ignace, Ontario) was a Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646.

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Henry Morse

Saint Henry Morse (1595 – 1 February 1645) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

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Henry Walpole

Henry Walpole (1558 – 7 April 1595) was an English Jesuit martyr.

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Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Ignazio Loiolakoa, Ignacio de Loyola; – 31 July 1556) was a Spanish Basque priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its first Superior General.

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Isaac Jogues

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István Pongrácz

István Pongrácz (1584-1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.

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Jacques Berthieu

Saint Jacques Berthieu (born November 27, 1838, at Polminhac, Cantal, France; died June 8, 1896, at Ambiatibe, Madagascar), was a French Jesuit, priest and missionary in Madagascar.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jean de Brébeuf

Saint Jean de Brébeuf (March 25, 1593 – March 16, 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625.

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Jean de Lalande

Saint Jean de Lalande (died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs.

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John Berchmans

Saint John Berchmans, SJ (Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

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John de Britto

Saint John de Britto (also spelled Brito; João de Brito), also known as Arul Anandar, (born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 March 1647 – died at Oriyur, Tamil Nadu, India on 11 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often called 'the Portuguese St Francis Xavier' by Indian Catholics.

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John Francis Regis

Jean-François Régis, known as Saint John Francis Regis and St.

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John Ogilvie (saint)

Saint John Ogilvie (1579 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Catholic Jesuit martyr.

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José de Anchieta

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, S.J. (19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.

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José María Rubio

St. Jose Maria Rubio (22 July 1864 – 2 May 1929) was a Spanish Jesuit, known as the Apostle of Madrid by the Bishop of Madrid.

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Joseph Pignatelli

Saint Joseph Mary Pignatelli, S.J. (José María Pignatelli), was a Spanish priest who was the unofficial leader of the Jesuits in exile in Sardinia, after the suppression of the Society of Jesus.

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Juan del Castillo

Juan del Castillo (c. 1590 – c. 1657) was a Spanish Baroque painter.

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Lecce

Lecce (or; Salentino: Lècce; Griko: Luppìu, Lupiae, translit) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia.

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List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation

The Roman Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation are men and women executed under treason legislation in the English Reformation, between 1534 and 1680, and recognised as martyrs by the Roman Catholic Church.

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List of Jesuits

This is an alphabetical list of historically notable members of the Society of Jesus.

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Martyr Saints of China

The Martyr Saints of China, or Augustine Zhao Rong and his 119 companions, are saints of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Martyrs of Japan

The were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for being more loyal to Jesus than the Shogunate, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.

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Martyrs of Natal

The Martyrs of Natal were a group of 30 Brazilian Roman Catholic individuals – two of them priests – killed in northern Brazil in massacres that a large group of Dutch Calvinists led.

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Melchior Grodziecki

Saint Melchior Grodziecki (c. 1582 - 7 September 1619) was a Polish Jesuit priest.

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Nicholas Owen (Jesuit)

Saint Nicholas Owen, S.J., (c. 1562 – 1/2 March 1606) was a Jesuit lay brother who was the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England.

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Noël Chabanel

Noël Chabanel (February 2, 1613 – December 8, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the Canadian Martyrs.

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Paulo Miki

Paulo Miki (Japanese: パウロ三木; c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian, martyr and saint, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan.

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Peter Canisius

Peter Canisius, S.J. (Pieter Kanis, 8 May 1521 – 21 December 1597) was a renowned Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest.

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Peter Claver

Saint Peter Claver, S.J., (Pedro Claver y Corberó, Pere Claver i Corberó) (26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Catalan Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú (Catalonia) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.

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Peter Faber

Saint Peter Faber (Pierre Lefevre or Favre, Pedro Fabro, Petrus Faver) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was the first Jesuit priest and theologian, who was also a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.

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Philip Evans and John Lloyd

Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd were Welsh Roman Catholic priests.

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Priest hole

A priest hole is a hiding place for a priest built into many of the principal Catholic houses of England during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England.

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René Goupil

René Goupil, S.J. (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (in French "donné", "given", or "one who offers himself") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.

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Robert Bellarmine

Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J. (Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Robert Southwell (Jesuit)

Robert Southwell (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595), also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order.

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Roque González y de Santa Cruz

Roque González de Santa Cruz, S.J. (17 November 1576 - 15 November 1628), was a Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani people in Paraguay.

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Saint

A saint (also historically known as a hallow) is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God.

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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (Sainte-Marie-au-pays-des-Hurons) was a French Jesuit settlement in Wendake, the land of the Wendat, near modern Midland, Ontario, from 1639 to 1649.

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Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.

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Stanislaus Kostka

Stanisław Kostka S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus.

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Superior General of the Society of Jesus

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus – the Roman Catholic religious order which is also known as the Jesuits.

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Suppression of the Society of Jesus

The suppression of the Jesuits in the Portuguese Empire (1759), France (1764), the Two Sicilies, Malta, Parma, the Spanish Empire (1767) and Austria and Hungary (1782) is a complex topic.

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The Mission (1986 film)

The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America.

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Thomas Garnet

Saint Thomas Garnet (c.1575 – 23 June 1608) was a Jesuit priest who was executed in London.

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Vietnamese Martyrs

The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Indochina, Martyrs of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và Các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II.

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26 Martyrs of Japan

The were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597, at Nagasaki.

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Jesuit saints, List of Jesuit Saints, List of Saints of the Society of Jesus.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saints_of_the_Society_of_Jesus

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