St Ignatius of Loyola (1491 – 1556) founded the Jesuits.
Originally a soldier by profession, he underwent a conversion process induced by a long period of recovery from broken bones.
His famous spiritual exercizes drew heavily on a Benedictine set of exercizes, but in general it must be said that, while at various times attempts to combine Benedictine and Ignatian spirituality have been made with some success, in their fundamentals, such as approach to liturgy, they are deeply at odds!
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