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= __**Biography**__ = **Ignatius** was born on October 23, 1491 in the castle of loyal in Basque. He died on July 31, 1556. Ignatius was the founder of the Society of Jesus on July 31, 1556. He fought for promoting Catholic reformation. From the age of about 15 to 26 he lived in a fortress town called Arevalo. After 1516 he joined in millatary expeditions for the duke of Nejera. He is a patron saint of the Guipuzcoa and Biscay territories. He doesn't use his baptismal name. His baptismal name is Inigo. He was the youngest of 13 children and his mom died when he was 6. In 1506 he adopted the last name "de Loyal" for the city he was born in. In 1509 he took up arms for Antonio Manrique de Lara. On may 20, 1521 Pamplona's fortress was attacked amd a cannonball wounded one leg and broke the other. He had several surgeries to help with his injuries.

=__**Contribution to the Renaissance**__ = Ignatius was the founder of the Society of Jesus. The Society of Jesus is a Catholic order of clerks who's members are called Jesuits. Jesuits are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church. There are 18,815 members, 13,305 priests, 2,295 scholastic students, 1,758 brothers, and 827 novices. This was important at this time because Catholics were trying to convert people into their religion and the Society of Jesus brought a lot of people to join their religion. If Ignaius would of never of done this not as many people would of converted into Catholics.

=**__Letter to the Future__** = Dear Future, I hope that the future will be a lot better than it is right now. I hope that there will be no wars and fighting. I hope that everyone would have converted into Catholics. The world will be a lot better of we all are worthy of god. But if everyone isn't converted into Catholics there better be someone trying and doing anything possible like I did to convert people into Catholic.

senceirly, Ignatius de Loyal