The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

Ignatius of Loyola was born Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola in the castle at Loyola, in the municipality of Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, in the Basque region of Spain. He joined the army at seventeen and at the Battle of Pamplona on 20 May 1521 he gravely injured his leg. Iñigo underwent several surgical operations to repair the leg. In the end, the operations left his right leg shorter than the other. He wou...