Jesuit Saints
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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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The Jesuit Martyrology |
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Bl Diego de San Vitores SJ Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1627 - 72) Feast Day: 6th October |
Born 1627 of noble family at Burgos, Spain Entered Society of Jesus 1640 Ordained 1651 Sent as missionary to the East Established first Christian mission on Guam Martyred 1672 |
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St Francis Borgia SJ Jesuit Priest and Third Jesuit Superior General (1510 - 1572) Feast Day: 3rd October ![]() |
Born 1510 at Gandia in Valencia, Spain. Educated 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. |
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Saint Leo Mangin SJ, St Paul Denn SJ, St Rémy Isoré SJ, St Modeste Andlauer SJ Jesuit Priests and Martyrs Feast Day: 9th July ![]() |
French Jesuit missionaries to China Victims of the Boxer Rebellion Martyred with 52 lay Christians in July 1900 |
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St Aloysius Gonzaga SJ |
Born 1568 eldest son of the Marquis of Castiglione in Lombardy Entered the Society of Jesus 1585 Died nursing plague victims in Rome 1591 age 23 Patron of St Aloysius College Glasgow (1859) |
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Bl Thomas Whitbread SJ Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1618 - 79) Feast Day: 18th June |
Born 1618 Essex 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 |
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Bl Jacques Berthieu SJ Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1838 - 96) Feast Day: 8th June |
Born 1838 at Polminhac, Cantal, France 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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Bl Peter Wright SJ Jesuit Priest and Martyr (1603 - 1651) Feast Day: 19th May |
Born 1603 at Slipton, Northamptonshire Entered Society 1629 at Watten Martyred at Tyburn 1651 Beatified 1929 |
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St Andrew Bobola SJ |
Born 1591 Martyred by the Cossacks 1657 Patron Saint of Poland |
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St Francis Jerome SJ Jesuit Priest (1642 - 1716) Feast Day: 11th May |
Born 1642 |
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St José Rubio SJ Jesuit Priest (1864 - 1929) Feast Day: 4th May |
Born 1864 at Dalías on the south coast of Spain 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 |
Born 1579 at Drum-na-Keith, Scotland 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 |
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