These drawings by Charles Henin are from the Editions Vie Chrétienne version of the Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola. They are reproduced here with permission of the artist and the publisher and may be used freely in schools for teaching, in assemblies, retreats and liturgies.
If you wish to publish them or use them in other contexts, please contact us for permission. All of the images are copyright.
The images cover the whole of the life of Ignatius reported in the Autobiography. It is hoped that schools will use these to retell the story of Ignatius but to go beyond the usual episodes of the battle at Pamplona, the recuperation at Loyola and the pilgrimage to Montserrat and Manresa, key though these events were, and to explore other moments from his life.
References are given to the text of the Autobiography for each drawing. All translations use a standard numbering reference system.
The original images are of differing sizes and so will reproduce here with varying degrees of definition.
We are indebted to Charles Henin and to Editions Vie Chrétienne for permission to make this material more widely available to schools.
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Image 01
The Man of Vanities
"Up to his 26th year he was a man given to worldly vanities, and having a vain and overpowering desire to win renown he found special delight in the exercise of arms."
Autobiography n.1
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Image 02
Rallying the Spanish troops against the French
Ignatius persuades a reluctant and outnumbered Spanish army to fight against the French at Pamplona. 1521
Autobiography n.1 |
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Image 03
The Battle at Pamplona
20th May 1521
Autobiography n.1-2 |
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Image 04
Ignatius is carried to Loyola
Autobiography n.2 |
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Image 05
Surgeons reset Ignatius' injured leg
Autobiography n.2 |
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Image 06
Ignatius near to death at Loyola
Autobiography n.3 |
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Image 07
The unsightly bump
Ignatius insists the leg is broken and reset and the protruding bone sawn off
Autobiography n.4 |
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Image 08
Surgeons reset Ignatius' leg a second time
Autobiography n.4 |
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Image 09
Many months of traction
Autobiography n.5 |
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Image 10
Ignatius reads the Life of Christ and the Lives of the Saints
Autobiography n.5-6 |
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Image 11
Dreaming of worldly conquests
Autobiography n.6 |
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Image 12
Imitating St Francis of Assisi
Autobiography n.7 |
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Image 13
The beginnings of discernment
Ignatius notices the dreams that leave him consoled and the dreams that leave him in desolation
Autobiography n.7-8 |
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Image 14
Discernment
Autobiography n.8 |
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Image 15
Dreaming of pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Autobiography n.9 |
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Image 16
Vision of Our Lady and Jesus at Loyola
Autobiography n.10 |
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Image 17
Copying out the words of Christ
Autobiography n.11 |
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Image 18
Ignatius leaves Loyola
Autobiography n.12 |
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Image 19
Ignatius begins his journey accompanied by his brother
Autobiography n.13 |
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Image 20
In discussion with a Moor on the road
Autobiography n.15 |
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Image 21
Defending the honour of Our Lady and killing the Moor
Autobiography n.15 |
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Image 22
Allowing the mule to choose the right path
Autobiography n.16 |
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Image 23
Clothing of sackcloth
Autobiography n.16 |
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Image 24
Writing the general confession of his whole life
Autobiography n.17 |
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Image 25
Vigil at Monserrat
24/25th March 1522
Autobiography n.18 |
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Image 26
Arriving at the town of Manresa
1522
Autobiography n.18 |
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Image 27
The hostel at Manresa
Autobiography n.19 |
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Image 28
Begging alms at Manresa
Autobiography n.19 |
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Image 29
The beautiful object in the air
Autobiography n.19 |
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Image 30
Discernment of spirits
Autobiography n.21 |
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Image 31
The seventy years of life
Autobiography n.20 |
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Image 32
Consolation and desolation
Autobiography n.21 |
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Image 33
The wise woman
Autobiography n.21 |
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Image 34
Troubled by scruples
Autobiography n.22 |
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Image 35
"Help me Lord for I find no remedy among men . . ."
Autobiography n.23 |
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Image 36
Wanting to throw himself into a hole in the ground
Autobiography n.24 |
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Image 37
Weighed down by past sins
Autobiography n.25 |
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Image 38
Release from sins and scruples
Autobography n.25 |
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Image 39
Losing sleep
Autobiography n.26
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Image 40
God dealt with him as a schoolmaster teaches a child
Autobiography n.27 |
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Image 41
The understanding of the Trinity
Autobiography n.28 |
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Image 42
Ending extreme practices, Ignatius cuts his hair
Autobiography n.29 |
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Image 43
Walking through the fields at Manresa
Autobiography n.30 |
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Image 44
The vision at the River Cardoner
Autobiography n.30 |
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Image 45
The Tort Cross 1
Autobiography n.31 |
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Image 46
The Tort Cross 2
Autobiography n.31 |
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Image 47
Near to death at Manresa
Autobiography n.32 |
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Image 48
Thinking of death
Autobiography n.33 |
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Image 49
Cared for in the house of Ferrera
Autobiography n.33 |
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Image 50
Begging alms for the journey to Jerusalem
Autobiography n.36 |
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Image 51
Accompanying travellers in Italy
Autobiography n.38 |
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Image 52
The soldiers' fire
Autobiography n.38 |
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Image 53
Exhausted and alone
Autobiography n.39 |
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Image 54
Walking to Rome
Autobiography n.39
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Image 55
Determination to go to Jerusalem
Autobiography n.42 |
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Image 56
Too sick to travel?
Autobiography n.43 |
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Image 57
Voyage to the Holy Land
Autobiography n.43-44 |
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Image 58
The Holy Land
Autobiography n.44 |
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Image 59
Great consolation arriving at Jerusalem
Autobiography n.45 |
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Image 60
The Franciscan Guardian tells Ignatius to leave the Holy Land
Autobiography n.46 |
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Image 61
Ignatius explains that he cannot leave the Holy Land
Autobiography n.46 |
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Image 62
The Franciscan Guardian orders Ignatius to leave the Holy Land under power of the Holy See
Autobiography n.46 |
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Image 63
The imprint of Christ's foot on the Mount of Olives
Autobiography n.47 |
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Image 64
The Franciscans eject Ignatius from the Holy Land
Autobiography n.48 |
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Image 66
Storm on the voyage to Cyprus
Autobiography n.49 |
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Image 67
Ignatius loses all his possessions
Autobiography n.49 |
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Image 68
"What ought he to do?"
Autobiography n.50 |
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Image 69
Ignatius gives all he has to beggars
Autobiography n.50 |
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Image 70
Ignatius walks between the French and Imperial armies
Autobiography n.51 |
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Image 71
Ignatius is taken prisoner like Christ
Autobiography n.52 |
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Image 72
Ignatius before the Captain of the guard
Autobiography n.53 |
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Image 73
Ignatius continues his journey
Autobiography n.53 |
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Image 74
Ignatius studies Latin grammar at school
Barcelona, February/March 1524
Autobiography n.54 |
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Image 75
Studies "to learn how he could more easily be of help to souls"
Autobiography n.54 |
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Image 76
Distractions
Autobiography n.54-55 |
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Image 77
Determination to overcome distractions to study
Autobiography n.55 |
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Image 78
Making holes in his shoes
Autobiography n.55 |
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Image 79
Mocked for begging alms
Autobiography n.56 |
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Image 80
The University of Alcalá
Autobiography n.56-57 |
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Image 81
Ignatius accused of belonging to the Illuminati
Autobiography n.58 |
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Image 82
Allegations to the Inquisition
Autobiography n.59
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Image 83
The visit of the married woman
Autobiography n.59 |
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Image 84
Ignatius in prison visited by many people
Autobiography n.60 |
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Image 85
In prison for 17 days
Autobiography n.61 |
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Image 86
The two widows
Autobiography n.61 |
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Image 87
Ignatius is not to speak about God without further studies
Autobiography n.62 |
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Image 88
Helping souls or studies?
Autobiography n.63 |
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Image 89
Ignatius visits the bishop at Valladolid
Autobiography n.63 |
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Image 90
Salamanca
Autobiography n.64 |
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Image 91
Conversation with the Dominicans
Autobiography n.64 |
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Image 92
Angry Dominican
Autobiography n.65-66 |
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Image 93
Ignatius and Calixto dressed as students
Autobiography n.66 |
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Image 94
Questioned by Dominicans
Autobiography n.66 |
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Image 95
Ignatius and Calixto imprisoned by the Dominicans
Autobiography n.66 |
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Image 96
Prison
Autobiography n.67 |
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Image 97
Interrogation
Autobiography n.68 |
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Image 98
Ignatius and Calixto refuse to escape
Autobiography n.69 |
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Image 99
Forced to keep silent on the subject of mortal and venial sin
Autobiography n.70 |
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Image 100
Ignatius decides to leave Salamanca
Autobiography n.70 |
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Image 101
The journey from Salamanca to Barcelona
Autobiography n.72 |
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Image 102
"Alone and on foot" - Ignatius travels to Paris
1528
Autobiography n.73 |
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Image 103
Paris
Autobiography n.73 |
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Image 103a
Studies with young boys at the Collège de Montaigu in the University of Paris
Autobiography n.73 |
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Imge 104
Ignatius lives at the Hôpital Saint Jacques
Autobiography n.74 |
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Image 105
Ignatius begs for alms for food and to support his studies
Autobiography n.74 |
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Image 106
Ignatius travels to the Netherlands to beg alms
Autobiography n. 76 |
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Image 107
Ignatius gives the Spiritual Exercises to his fellow students
Autobiography n.77 |
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Image 108
The Companions travel to different cities
Autobiography n.78
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Image 109
Spiritual turmoil on the road from Paris to Rouen
Autobiography n.79 |
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Image 110
"Great consolation and spiritual strength"
Autobiography n.79 |
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Image 111
Tending the poor beggar
Autobiography n.79 |
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Image 112
The destinations of the Companions
Autobiography n.80
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Image 113
The poisoning of Arteaga
Autobiography n.80 |
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Image 114
Trouble with the Inquisition again
Autobiography n.81 |
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Image 115
Ignatius continues studies at the Collège Sainte-Barbe
Autobiography n.82 |
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Image 116
Temptation during his studies
Autobiography n.82 |
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Image 117
Ignatius shares lodgings with Francis Xavier and Pierre Favre
Autobiography n.82 |
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Image 118
Ignatius tends victims of the plague
Autobiography n.83 |
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Image 119
Ignatius worries about contracting plague himself
Autobiography n.83 |
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Image 120
His fellow students are afraid Ignatius may have plague
Autobiography n.84 |
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Image 121
Ignatius "takes the stone" at the University
Autobiography n.84 |
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Image 122
Ignatius suffers from stomach pains
Ignatius suffered throughout his life from a stomach complaint from which he died in 1556
Autobiography n.84 |
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Image 123
Deliberation of the Companions
1535
Autobiography n.85 |
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Image 124
In trouble with the Inquisition yet again
Autobiography n.86 |
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Image 125
The Inquisition investigates Ignatius' book of Spiritual Exercises
Autobiography n.86 |
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Image 126
Ignatius returns to Loyola for the last time
April 1535
Autobiography n.87
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Image 127
Ignatius preaches to the people of Loyola
Autobiography n.88 |
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Image 128
New laws and customs at Loyola
Ignatius persuades the people of Loyola to cease gambling, girls to wear hats, feed the poor, and ring the Angelus three times a day
Autobiography n.88-89 |
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Image 129
Ignatius becomes seriously ill at Loyola
Autobiography n.89 |
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Image 130
Ignatius leaves Loyola accompanied by his brothers
Autobiography n.90
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Image 131
The voyage to Genoa
Autobography n.91 |
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Image 132
Ignatius gets lost travelling to Bologna
Autobiography n.91 |
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Image 133
Ignatius falls into the river
Autobiography n.91 |
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Image 134
Venice
January 1536
Autobiography n.92 |
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Image 135
The Companions reunited at Venice
Autobiography n.93
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Image 136
Ignatius and the Companions are ordained priests in Venice
Autobiography n.93 |
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Image 137
Living in poverty at Vincenza
Autobiography n.94 |
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Image 138
The Companions beg for alms
Autobiography n.94 |
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Image 139
The Companions preach in the town squares
Autobiography n.95 |
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Image 140
Visiting a sick Companion at Bassano
Autbiography n.95 |
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Image 141
The vision at La Storta
Autobiography n.96 |
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Image 142
Rome
Autobiography n. 98 |
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Image 143
Ignatius gives the Exercises to Dr Ortiz at Monte Cassino
Autobography n.98 |
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Image 144
Persecutions in Rome
Autobiography n.98 |
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Image 145
The Society is approved by Pope Paul III
September 1540
Autobiography n. 98 |
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Image 146
The ministries of the first Companions
House for Catechuments, ministry to prostitutes, looking after orphans and what else?
Autobiography n.98
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Image 147
Ignatius works for the rest of his life in his rooms at Rome
Autobiography n.99 |
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Image 148
Ignatius writes the Constitutions
Autobiography n.99 |
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Image 149
The writings of Ignatius |
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Image 150
The seal of the Society of Jesus
with the monogram IHS (the name Jesus in Greek) |