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St. Ignatius of Loyola, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, founded the Society of Jesus in 1534.
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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 canonised.

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  • Peter Favre (1506–1546), first French Jesuit and co-founder of the Society.

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Saint Francis Xavier SJ, missionary to Asia

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  • Francis Xavier (1506–1552), co-founder of the Society of Jesus, Spanish missionary to Asia.

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References

  1. List of saints from Society of Jesus, retrieved 23 December 2014
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