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3rd September
1539: At his summer residence in Tivoli, outside Rome,
Paul III gave his initial, oral approval of the Society of
Jesus when Ignatius sent him a copy of the Formula of the
Institute which described the proposed new religious order.
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4th September
1523: After several months of sailing and a week of
waiting in the harbor at Joppa to disembark, Ignatius
finally entered the city of Jerusalem as a pilgrim.
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8th September
1654: The death of Peter Claver, who ministered to
slaves arriving in Cartegena, Columbia from Western Africa.
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9th September
1548: St. Francis Xavier set out for the Fishery Coast.
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13th September
1983: Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach was elected the 29h
Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
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15th September
1622: At Rome, the body of Cardinal Robert Bellarmine is
transferred to its present location in the Church of the
Gesú
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17th September
1593: Fr. Francis Toletus became the first Jesuit to be
created a Cardinal.
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30th September
1572: The death of St. Francis Borgia, the Duke of
Gandia and viceroy of Catalonia before becoming a Jesuit. He
became the third general of the Society.
Past Events
History Of the Society