Excerpt from St. Ignatius Loyola and the Early Jesuits The appearance of the Commentarium de origine Soc. Jesu, by Simon Rodriguez; of the Memoirs of F. Manare, De Rebus Societatis Jesu Commentarius Oliverii Manaraei, Florence, 1886; of the Letters of St. Ignatius, Las Cartas de San Ignacio, Madrid, 1874-1889; of Pere Clair's elaborately illustrated and annotated Vie de S. Ignace, Paris, 1890, have given materials for a work which may be called a new life. The illustrations are from the pencils of Mr. Wain and of Messrs. H. W. and H. C. Brewer. It has been the wish of the author to reproduce, as far as possible, the surroundings of the story as they were in the days of the Saint. The authorities for these restorations, which have been the subject of most painstaking study, are given in the Appendix. The Bollandist Fathers have kindly put at the disposal of the author the copperplates which illustrate the life of St. Ignatius in their great work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."