who is saint ignatius loyola
A Biography of St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556): The Founder of the Jesuits. George Traub, S.J., and Debra Mooney, Ph.D. IÃ±igo Lopez de OÃ±az y Loyola, whom we know as St. Ignatius, was born in the Castle Loyola, in the Basque country of northeastern Spain, in 1491, during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. IÃ±igo was the youngest of 13 children, raised in a family culture of high Catholic piety but lax morals.