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unusual facts about St. Ignatius Loyola



Forty Hours' Devotion

Already before the year 1550 this, or some analogous exposition, had been established by St. Philip Neri for the Confraternity of the Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome; while St. Ignatius Loyola, at encouraged to the practice of exposing the Blessed Sacrament during the carnival as an act of expiation for the sins committed at that season.

Monita Secreta

As against this case, the Catholic Encyclopedia denies the authorship arguing that the official rules and constitutions of the Jesuits contradict these supposed instructions, for they expressly prohibit the acceptance of ecclesiastical dignities by its subjects, unless compelled by papal authority, and from the days of the founder, St. Ignatius Loyola, the Society has impeded such promotion.

Pamela Clauss

Her funeral Mass was held at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, where funeral services for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Aaliyah, among many others, were also held.


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