Meditaciones de San Ignacio

Ignacio de Loyola (born Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignacio de Loyola; c. October 23, 1491 - July 31, 1556), revered as Saint Ignatius of Loyola , was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian who, with Peter Faber and Francis Xavier, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits), and became the first Superior General of the Society of Jesus, in Paris, in 1541 Teaching and missionary work are the purposes of the Society of Jesus, who, as priests, are bound by a fourth (special) vow of obedience to the sovereign pontiff, to always be ready to fulfill the special missions of the papacy; thus, the Jesuits played a decisive role in carrying out the Counter-Reformation.

As spiritual director of the Jesuits, Ignatius recorded his method in the Spiritual Exercises (1548) through meditations, contemplation, and prayers, which later became known as Ignatian spirituality.