Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola

This classic biography is organized as follows: 


The First Part 

I. The Early Life of St. Ignatius to the Time of His Conversion 

II. Ignatius Quits His Home. His Pilgrimage to Mont Serrat. His Abode at the Hospital of St. Lucy at Manresa 

III. Ignatius Retires Into a Cavern Near Manresa. His Sicknesses, His Temptations, and His Revelations. He Resolves on Quitting Manresa 

IV. Ignatius at Barcelona. He Proceeds to Rome and-Venice. He Embarks for Palestine. His Arrival in Palestine 

V. Ignatius Is Obliged to Leave Jerusalem. His Return to Spain 

VI. St. Ignatius Attends School at Barcelona and Alcala. His Zeal for the Salvation of Souls 

VII. The Inquisition Proceeds Against St. Ignatius. He Is Declared Innocent, and Goes to Salamanca. Persecuted There Also, He Resolves to Quit Spain and Go to Paris 

VIII. The Stay of St. Ignatius at Paris. How He Found Means to Subsist There. His Studies 

IX. Charity of Ignatius for His Neighbour. He Is Denounced and Persecuted. His First Disciples Forsake Him. Peter Faber Becomes His First Companion 

X. The Idea, the End, the Object and Effect, of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius 

XI. First Beginnings of the Society. St. Ignatius and His Companions Make Their First Vows at Montmartre. He Is Obliged to Leave Paris for His Health 

XII. St. Ignatius Arrives in Spain. What He Did There. His Journey to Venice 

XIII. Ignatius Rejoins His Friends From Paris. He Receives the Priesthood. They Separate and Go Into the Different Venetian States. Their Return to Venice. Journey of Ignatius to Rome 

XIV. Occupations of St. Ignatius at Rome. All the Members of the Society Are Summoned There. A New Process Against Him Is Set on Foot, and He Comes Out Victorious From the Trial 

XV. The First Constitution and Confirmation of the Society. The Origin of Its Name 

XVI. Ignatius Is Chosen Superior General. He and His Companions Take Their Solemn Vows. His Manner of Life 


The Second Part 

I. Ignatius Draws Up the Constitutions. Their End, and the Means They Prescribe to Attain It. The Examination and Approbation of the Rules 

II. Ignatius Settles a Disagreement Between Pope Paul Iii. And John Iii., King of Portugal. He Causes a Renewal of the Decree of Innocent Iii. Forbidding Medical Men to Visit the Sick Who Have Not Been to Confession. He Delivers the Society From the Burden of Ecclesiastical Offices and Dignities, and From the Ordinary Direction of Convents of Women 

III. Renewed Calumnies Against Ignatius. He Triumphantly Refutes Them Before the Tribunals. Unfounded Claims of Elizabeth Roser Upon Him. He Wishes to Abdicate the Office of General 

IV. Ignatius Appeases the Archbishop of Toledo, Who Had Suspended the Society in His Diocese., the Faults of Simon Rodriguez, Provincial of Portugal 

V. Thoughts of St. Ignatius on the Propagation of the Faith by Destroying the Corsairs and the Maritime Power of the Turks. The Care He Had for the East, and Particularly for the Holy Land. Negotiations on the Subject With the Latin Patriatchate of Abyssinia 

VI. Ignatius Refuses the Request of the Barnabites to Be Incorporated Into His Society. His Relations With the Carthusians, Especially With the Prior of Cologne. The Care Which He Took in the Reform of Convents at Barcelona 

VII. Ordinances of Ignatius Regarding Schools. The Foundation of the German College at Rome 

VIII. Of the Zeal and Charity of St. Ignatius for Germany 

IX. Censure of the Sorbonne Passed on the Society-Negotiations With Philip Ii. For Its Establishment in Belgium 

X. Death of St. Ignatius 

XI. Principles of St. Ignatius on Religious Discipline, and Particularly on Obedience 

XII. Ignatius as a Superior 

XIII. St. Ignatius in Relation With Princes