Saint Joseph Pignatelli , SJBorn: December 27, 1737 Died: November 15, 1811 Beatified: May 21, 1933 Canonized: June 12, 1954 St Joseph Pignatelli was born in Saragossa, Spain, of noble descent. His mother died when he was six, and his father moved with the younger children to Naples but within four years his father also…
Saint Stanislaus Kotska, SJBorn : October 1550 Died : August 15, 1568 Beatified : Oct 19, 1605 Canonised : Dec 31,1726 Feast : 13 November Stanislaus of Polish nobility was born in Rostkow, Mazovia, Poland. Though born into a distinguished family and destined for public life, his parents carefully educated him in the Catholic faith…
Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, SJBorn : June 19, 1665 Died : November 7, 1717 Beatified: March 25, 1893 Anthony Baldinucci was born in Florence, Italy and at the age of eleven, began his studies at the Jesuit school, San Giovannino. He thought of joining the Dominicans in the footsteps of his older brother Philip, but because…
Francis Audi Cid, Rovira Orlandis and Llatji Blanch, SJServant of God Francis Audi Cid, SJ Born : February, 8, 1872 Died : November 3, 1936 Servant of God John Rovira Orlandis, SJ Born : October 4, 1877 Died : November 3, 1936 Servant of God Joseph Llatji Blanch, SJ Born : August 17, 1893 Died…
Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJBorn : January 23, 1876 Died : November 1, 1945 Beatified : November 3, 1987 Rupert Mayer was born in Stuttgart, Germany. When he was eighteen and had completed his secondary education, he told his father of his desire to become a Jesuit but was advised that he should get himself ordained…
Jesuit Fathers Peter Paul Navarro, Peter Onizuka and Dennis FujishimaBl Peter Paul Navarro, SJ Born : December, 1560 Died : November 1, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Bl Peter Onizuka , SJ Born : December, 1560 Died : November 1, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Bl Dennis Fujishima, SJ Born : December, 1560…
Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez , SJ Born : July 25, 1533 Died : Oct 31, 1617 Beatified : May 29, 1825 Canonised : Jan 15, 1888 Alphonsus Rodriquez was born in Segovia, Spain, the second of eleven children of a wealthy wool and cloth merchant. It was at their home that Fr Peter Favre stayed when…
Blessed Dominic Collins, SJ Born: 1566 Died: October 31, 1602 Beatified : September 27, 1992 Dominic Collins was born in the seaport town of Youghal, in County Cork, Ireland. His family was well established and respected and both his father and brother were mayors of Youghal. As Elizabeth 1 was queen of England and Ireland,…
Venerable Aloysius La Nuza, SJBorn : Jan10, 1607 Born: 1591 Died: October 21, 1656 Aloysius, the son of a Spanish officer, was born in Licata, Sicily. He spent his early youth in Spain but returned to Sicily for his studies where he enrolled at the Jesuit school in Palermo. He thought of becoming a Jesuit…
St Isaac Jogues, SJBorn : Jan10, 1607 Died : Oct 18, 1646 Beatified : June 21, 1925 Canonised : June 29, 1930 Issac Jogues was born in Orleans, France. At seventeen, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Rouen, did his philosophy at La Fleche and theology at Clermont College in Paris. He was ordained in…