St. Ignatius was born in 1491 in the Basque Region of Spain. After being injured in a battle and sent home, he decided to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem but was kicked out for preaching his ideas. He then studied with young schoolboys to learn Latin and later attended the University of Paris, where he founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. In 1556, St. Ignatius died in Rome at the age of 65 from malaria.

1. By: John Dorow

3.  St. Ignatius was born in the Basque Region of
Spain in 1491, the year before Columbus
sailed the ocean blue.
 He was the last of thirteen children.

4.  In 1521, Ignatius, a soldier, was struck with a
cannon ball in a battle with the French. This
broke his leg. A French doctor tried to fix it,
but he just made it worse.
 He is then sent home from battle.

5.  After going home and wanting to become
more religious, Ignatius decided to go on a
pilgrimage to the holy land of Jerusalem. He
was then kicked out of Jerusalem for
preaching his ideas about Christianity.

6.  In the city of Rome in 1556, Ignatius dies of
“Roman Fever”, a type of malaria.
 By this time, there were 1,000 Jesuits.

7.  In 1524 in Barcelona, Ignatius, now 33,
decided to go back to elementary school to
learn Latin with young schoolboys.
 He wanted to learn Latin because it was the
official language of the Church and he didn’t
have an education when he was young
because he was to be a soldier.

8.  Ignatius attended college at the University of
Paris.