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Pope Francis Blessed Jan Beyzym, Missionary in Madagascar Tadeusz Brzozowski (1749-1820) first post-restoration General. Jakob Balde, German latinist, court chaplain to Maximillian I
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ ʒ u ɪ t s, ˈ dʒ ɛ zj u-/ 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.
The saints of the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) are listed here alphabetically.The list includes Jesuit saints from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Since the founder of the Jesuits, St Ignatius of Loyola, was canonised in 1622, there have been 52 other Jesuits canoni
Cardinal Giovanni-Battista Tolomei SJ, wrote Philosophia mentis et sensuum. Étienne Agard de Champs (1613–1701); Jérôme de Gonnelieu (1640–1715); William Darrell (1651–1721)
Francis Xavier reached Japan on 27 July 1549, with Anjirō and three other Jesuits, but he was not permitted to enter any port his ship arrived at until 15 August, [50] when he went ashore at Kagoshima, the principal port of Satsuma Province on the island of Kyūshū. As a representative of the Portuguese king, he was received in a friendly manner.
Jesuit priests at the time of their solemn and final profession in the Society of Jesus promise to "never strive or ambition, not even indirectly, to be chosen or promoted to any prelacy or dignity in or outside the Society; and I will do my best never to consent to my election unless I am forced to do so by obedience to him who can order me under penalty of sin."
Over the last 400 years, the Roman Catholic Jesuit order has established a worldwide network of schools and universities.This is an incomplete list of notable alumni of these institutions.
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