Images Dated 1st August 2007

St Ignatius of Loyola, 1886

St Ignatius of Loyola, 1886. Inigo Lopez de Loyola (1491-1556) was a Spanish soldier who founded the Society of Jesus together with 6 others at St Mary's Church, Montmartre, Paris, in 1534. The society, which came to be known as the Jesuits, was established with the mission to enter upon hospital and missionary work in Jerusalem, or to go without questioning wherever the pope might direct. The Society of Jesus gained papal approval in 1540, and went on to become a highly organised teaching and missionary society which was at the forefront of the Counter-Reformation. St Ignatius was canonised in 1622. Published in Butler's Lives of the Saints, DIV 7, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

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St Barbara, 1886

St Barbara, 1886. A Christian martyr who died c235, St Barbara was shut up in a tower to protect her from suitors. She is said to have put a third set of windows into the tower to represent the trinity. St Barbara is the Patron saint of arsenals and artillery and a protector against lightning. Published in Butler's Lives of the Saints, DIV 4, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

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St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1886

St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1886. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of Andras II of Hungary. After the death in 1227 of her husband Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, from plague while on crusade, she joined the Franciscan order and cared for the poor, becoming noted for her asceticism and piety. Published in Butler's Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

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