Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) was the founder of a religious Order that sent Priests to North America on missions to evangelize the Amerindians. Saint Ignatius was a Spanish Catholic theologian and Priest who dedicated his eventful life to being a soldier for God and leader of the Jesuits. He died on July 31, which is recognized as his Feast Day. HJe192. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/m43e2AqzcgI which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Catholic Saints podcast at https://amzn.to/3IWjW2S Jesuit books available at https://amzn.to/3vttWgG Ignatius of Loyola books at https://amzn.to/3VvdwiD ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (twitter): https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: Catholic Saints podcast by Augustine Institute (St. Ignatius of Loyola, 30nov2021) with Dr. Tim Gray & Dr. Ben Akers. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.