Feast Day: | July 31 |
Born: |
December 24, 1491, Loyola (Azpeitia), Basque province of Guipúzcoa, Spain |
Died: | July 31, 1556, Rome |
Canonized: | March 12, 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV |
Patron of: | provinces of Vizcaya (Biscay) & Gipuzkoa, Spain, Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, Society of Jesus, soldiers. |