Project Gutenberg 2008-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 633 Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint 1491 1556 Ignacio, de Loyola, Saint O'Conor, J. F. X. (John Francis Xavier) 1852 1920 O'Conor, John Francis Xavier The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Produced by Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) "The Autobiography of St. Ignatius" by Saint Ignatius of Loyola is a spiritual memoir written in the early 16th century. The book recounts the profound personal transformation of Ignatius, highlighting his military past, intense spiritual experiences, and the founding of the Society of Jesus. The text offers readers an intimate look into his struggles with vanity and ambition, his recovery from a serious injury, and the gradual awakening of his spiritual purpose. The beginning of the autobiography portrays Ignatius as a man enthralled by worldly pursuits, particularly in his military career, until he is injured at the siege of Pampeluna. During his lengthy recovery, he begins reading about the lives of saints, which ignites a deeply spiritual yearning within him. The narrative describes his inner conflict as he grapples with returning to worldly fears versus embracing a life devoted to God. His epiphany leads him to forego his former ways and commit to a path of penance and service, eventually influencing many around him and setting the stage for his future endeavors in forming the Jesuit order. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556 Christian saints -- Spain -- Biography BX CT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 179286 179065 2024-09-10T11:59:53.045674 2023-09-11T05:20:05.643731 text/html text/html 178636 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 703725 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 609951 2024-09-10T11:59:58.449684 application/epub+zip 609453 2024-09-10T11:59:54.843647 application/epub+zip 133634 2024-09-10T11:59:53.761675 application/epub+zip 574589 2024-09-10T12:00:01.231186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551095 2024-09-10T11:59:57.652667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262330 2022-09-11T10:34:45.575249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153745 153529 2024-09-10T11:59:52.570661 2023-09-11T05:20:04.804726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 153632 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 57105 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 153627 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57067 2021-01-03T07:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21385 2024-09-10T12:00:01.375121 application/rdf+xml 18997 2024-09-10T11:59:54.121649 image/jpeg 4463 2024-09-10T11:59:53.941687 image/jpeg 769065 2024-09-10T11:59:53.083703 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia