The following source books provide brief biographies of the Jesuit saints and beati which may be useful for preaching, school assemblies and in the classroom.
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Jesuit Saints and Martyrs |
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Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati Various authors and translators (British Province of the Society of Jesus; 1974; privately printed) Short biographies with a more spiritual slant. Currently out-of-print. Please contact for details. |
 List of Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus |
Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1627 - 72)
Feast Day: 6th October
Entered Society of Jesus 1640
Ordained 1651
Sent as missionary to the East
Established first Christian mission on Guam
Martyred 1672
Jesuit Priest and Third Jesuit Superior General (1510 - 1572)
Feast Day: 3rd October
ImagesEducated at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Married 1526 (age 16) and had eight children.
On his father's death in 1543 he became Fourth Duke of Gandia .
Following the death of his wife (1546), he renounced his title and joined the Society of Jesus. He refused a Cardinal's hat offered because of his nobility. In 1565 he was elected third Superior General of the Society.
Died 1573.
Canonized 1670.
Jesuit Priests and Martyrs
Feast Day: 9th July
The Martyr Saints of China Victims of the Boxer Rebellion
Martyred with 52 lay Christians in July 1900
St Aloysius Gonzaga SJ
Jesuit Scholastic (1568 - 91)
Feast Day: 21st June
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Entered the Society of Jesus 1585
Died nursing plague victims in Rome 1591 age 23
Patron of St Aloysius College Glasgow (1859)
Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1618 - 79)
Feast Day: 18th June
Educated at St Omers
Entered the Society of Jesus 1635
Worked in the English Mission from 1647
A victim of the Oates Plot 1678
Martyred at Tyburn 1679
Thomas Whitbread is one of the St Omers (Stonyhurst) Martyrs
Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1838 - 96)
Feast Day: 8th June
Ordaind priest 1864 for the Diocese of Saint-Flour
Entered the Society of Jesus in 1873
Sent to the mission on Madagascar
Martyred 1896 assisting refugees
Known as the Martyr of Madagascar (Premier Martyr de l'Île Rouge)
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Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1603 - 1651)
Feast Day: 19th May
Entered Society 1629 at Watten
Martyred at Tyburn 1651
Beatified 1929
St Andrew Bobola SJ
Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1591 - 1657)
Feast Day: 16th May
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Encyclical Letter (1957) Highlights in red for assembly use
Martyred by the Cossacks 1657
Patron Saint of Poland
Jesuit Priest (1642 - 1716)
Feast Day: 11th May
Born 1642
Entered Society 1670 at age 28
Worked among slum-dwellers and slaves in the Kingdom of Naples
Died 1716
Canonized 1839
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Jesuit Priest (1864 - 1929)
Feast Day: 4th May
Ordained 1887 for the Madrid Diocese
Entered the Society of Jesus at Granada 1906
Died 1929
Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2003
Known as the Apostle of Madrid
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St John Ogilvie SJ
Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1579 - 1615)
Feast Day: 10th March
Short biography and spiritual profile by James Quinn SJ
Entered the Society of Jesus at Brno 1599
Returned to Scotland 1613
Martyred at Glasgow Cross 10th March 1615
Canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1976
The Jesuit Church of St Aloysius Glasgow has the status of a minor basilica as the national shrine to St John Ogilvie, Martyr of the Scottish Reformation