The Life of St. Ignatius Loyola (in first person) :: essays research papers

St. Ignatius LoyolaI am St. Ignatius Loyola the man who found the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. My original name is Inigo de Loyola and I was born in 1491 in a place called Azpeitia in the Basque province of Guipuzoa in northern Spain. I was the youngest of thirteen children. At the age of sixteen I became a handmaid for Juan Velazquez, the treasurer of the kingdom of Castile. I was considered a member of the Velazquez family so when ever Juan went to court I would go with him. In doing this I began to like court and some(prenominal) thing to deal with court, but I gained the biggest interest in the woman. I also began to like gambling I liked it so much I became addicted to it. I was also very completive and was open to competing in anything-even sword fighting. For the next decade or so I didnt really do much my life didnt progress at all till 1521 when I turned 30 and I was defending the fortress of the town of Pamplona over against the French. We were start to lose the b attle we were out numbered and my head commander wanted to throw in the towel but I said no and convinced him to diaphragm in the battle and fight. I wanted to fight for the honor of Spain, and not for the win. I was in the thick of the battle and Wham I got blasted by cannon ball breaking my leg and wounding the other. Because I was such a courageous leader the French soldiers carried me back to my home rather that prison so I could get better. They set my leg after it broke but it was not furbish uping right so the doctors said they had to break it again with out any use of painkillers. I was told to prepare for my death but instead one day my health took a turn for the better. My leg did heal good but it was shorter than the other one so for the rest of my life I had to walk with a limp. During the many, many, many weeks of recuperation I thought I was going to lose my mind out of boredom. So I asked for some romance novels to help my pass the time. There were no romance novel s of any bearing in the castle of Loyola with my luck I did find a book called the Life of Christ.