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t. e. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( / ˈdʒɛʒuɪts, ˈdʒɛzju -/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; [2] Latin: Iesuitae ), [3] is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by ...
Coordinates: 39.8581°N 4.0261°W. Facade of the Iglesia de San Ildefonso. The Church of San Ildefonso (Spanish: Iglesia de San Ildefonso) is a Baroque style church located in the historic center of the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is also known as the Jesuit church and is consecrated to Saint Ildefonso of Toledo, patron of ...
Church of the Jesuit College (Ponta Delgada) / 37.74361°N 25.6698944°W / 37.74361; -25.6698944. The Church of the Jesuit College ( Portuguese: Igreja do Colégio dos Jesuítas de Ponta Delgada ), is a church in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, in the civil parish of São Sebastião, part of the historic centre of regional centre.
Francis Borgia SJ ( Valencian: Francesc de Borja; Spanish: Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia renounced his titles and became a priest in the Society of Jesus, later ...
Saints Juan de Castillo, Roque González, and Alfonso Rodríguez, Jesuit martyrs at Paraguay. Painting at Belmonte Collegiate, where Juan del Castillo was born. Juan de Castillo (14 September 1595 – 17 November 1628) was a Jesuit priest and missionary, and a martyr-saint of the Catholic Church. A Spaniard, he was one of the first to labor at ...
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1673. The Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús (Church of the Society of Jesus) is a historic Jesuit church in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, in Cusco Region, Peru. It is situated in the Plaza de Armas de Cusco, the city center. It is built on an Inca palace. [1] It is one of the best examples of Spanish Baroque architecture in Peru.
Priest. Known for. Expositor of Bible prophecies. Manuel De Lacunza, S.J. (July 19, 1731 – c. June 18, 1801) was a Jesuit priest who used the pseudonym Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra in his main work on the interpretation of the prophecies of the Bible, which was entitled The Coming of the Messiah in Majesty and Glory.