The Society was founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola(Iñigo López de Loyola, 1491-1566), a Spanish Knight, and six students at the University of Paris.
They met at the church of St. Denis (St. Pierre de Montmartre) on August 15, 1534, and formed the Amigos En El Señor(Company of Jesus). In 1537, the group was approved by Pope Paul III, and the Society of Jesus was formed on September 27, 1540.
The other six founders were Francisco Xavier, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laínez, Nicolas Bobadilla, Peter Faber, and Simao Rodrigues.
On August 15, 1534, Ignatius of Loyola (born Íñigo López de Loyola), a Spaniard of Basque origin, and six other students at the University of Paris met in Montmartre outside Paris, in the crypt of the Chapel of St Denis, Rue Yvonne le Tac. This group bound themselves by a vow of poverty and chastity, to "enter upon hospital and missionary work in Jerusalem, or to go without questioning wherever the pope might direct". That was the origins of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. Loyola was the first Superior of the order, and is considered to have been the founder.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola was a priest and founder of the religious order called the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.
The Jesuits, also known as the Society of Jesus, were the most strongly associated religious order with the Catholic Counter Reformation. They were known for their missionary work, education, and strong loyalty to the Pope in combating the Protestant Reformation.
Missionaries spread the religious order by preaching and Jesuits by doing.
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Jesuits
The Society of Jesus comprised of the Jesuits.
The Jesuits are a religious order of priests within the Catholic Church as opposed to secular (parish or diocesan) priests who belong to no particular religious order.
The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.
Dominicans
He joined the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits.
The Jesuits focus on education.