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- Three years later he entered the Society of Jesus under the influence of Blessed Peter Faber, one of the first companions of Saint Ignatius Loyola. He founded the first Jesuit house in Germany and became a priest in 1546.
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3 days ago · There are two Jesuit contemporaries of St. Ignatius who made explicit references to the Heart of Jesus, namely, St. Peter Canisius, Doctor of the Church, and St. Francis Borgia, third General of the Society of Jesus. This devotion reached its zenith in the 17th century, even in the iconographic sense.
May 23, 2024 · Peter Canisius, S.J. (1521-1597): Known as “The Second Apostle To Germany” (St. Boniface was the first), St. Peter Canisius had the delicate and unenviable task of marching right back into the maelstrom of the “Protestant Reformation”—and recapturing as much of the Germanic lands as possible.
May 28, 2024 · When I was a seminarian, I studied theology in Innsbruck, Austria, in a seminary called the Collegium Canisianum, named for St. Peter Canisius. The seminary was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, and the major feast day of the seminary was the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
6 days ago · Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) explains the third as a declaration by the supreme pontiff or by a general council. But though general councils have acclaimed the writings of certain Doctors, no council has actually conferred the title of Doctor of the Church.
1 day ago · Saint Peter Canisius or Peter Kanis was born in the Netherlands. He joined The Society of Jesus at the University of Cologne. In 1543, Saint Peter Canisius became the first Dutchman to join the Jesuits.
Hello everyone, by any chance does anyone here know of Saint Peter Canisius? He was a Strong defender of Catholicism during the reformation in Germany. I would love to read some of his writings but I wonder if that’s even possible and if I should even bother.
