LIFE OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA.

ROEHAMPTON:

PRINTED BY JAMES STANLEY.

ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA.

BY FATHER GENELLI,

OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS.

Translated from the German by M. Charles Sainte Foi;

AND RENDERED FROM THE FRENCH

BY THE REV. THOMAS MEYRICK, S.J.

BIL

LONDON:

BURNS, OATES, AND CO., PORTMAN STREET.

1871.

210. m. 257

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PREFACE OF THE FRENCH TRANSLATOR

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

THE FIRST PART.

CHAPTER I.

pp. xiii-xxi

pp. xxii-xxviii

The family of St. Ignatius and the Castle of Loyola. His birth-his

name in baptism-his education. He is placed at Court, and there

forms acquaintance with a lady whose name he does not give. He

devotes himself to feats of arms, and reading romances of chivalry.

In 1517 he takes part for the first time in the war against Navarre.

The revolt of the towns-it is suppressed. In 1521 Francis I.

renews hostilities. Henry d'Albert conquers Navarre and besieges

Pampeluna. The garrison wishes to capitulate, but is prevented

by Ignatius, who after a courageous defence is severely wounded.

He is treated with honour by the enemy, and sent back to his

own country. His health becomes worse-he prepares for death,

and is suddenly cured. He undergoes a second operation. The

reading of some pious books makes him feel the necessity of

choosing between the world and the service of Jesus Christ. He

decides on choosing the latter. His desire to please God. The

Blessed Virgin appears to him with the Infant Jesus. He thinks of

becoming a Carthusian

CHAPTER II.

pp. 1-16

Ignatius quits his country, notwithstanding the representations of his

elder brother, and departs for Mont Serrat. He meets an unbe-

liever. He prepares himself in the Church of Mont Serrat for his

new life. Gives away all he possesses, and takes the habit of a

penitent and a pilgrim. He makes acquaintance with Agnes

Pasquale, who guides him to Manresa, where he lodges in the

hospital. His kind of life. He is judged and treated in different

ways by the inhabitants of the place. He serves the poor and

sick

pp. 17-25

CHAPTER III.

The cavern at Manresa to which St. Ignatius retires. He is tempted
with vanity and with disgust. Scruples reduce him almost to
despair. The useless means he employs against them. He has