Soul of Christ, sanctify me

Anima Christi, sanctifica me

Ignatius of Loyola

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Ignatius of Loyola

Basque soldier-turned-monk (1491-1556), founder of the Society of Jesus. Wounded at Pamplona in 1521, he turned to a religious life and wrote the Spiritual Exercises; in 1540 he obtained papal approval for the Jesuits.

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