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The Renaissance façade of the former Basque university in Oñati
6 Santuario de Manresa; his imprisonment by In the Plaza de los Fueros is
Loiola the Inquisition; and his pilgrim the Iglesia de San Miguel,
age to the Holy Land. The a Gothic church with a stone
Loiola, Guipúzcoa. Tel 943 02 50 00. basilica, built from 1681 to 1738, cloister in GothicFlemish
@ Open 10am–1pm, 3:30–7pm has a Churriguer esque dome and style. It contains the tomb of
(to 7:30pm in summer) daily. a circular nave with rich carvings. Bishop Zuázola of Ávila, the
∑ santuariodeloyola.org
founder of the university.
Saint Ignatius of Loiola (San Opposite is the Baroque
Ignacio de Loyola), founder of 7 Oñati town hall (ayunta miento).
the Jesuits, was born in the Guipúzcoa. * 11,300. @ n Calle
1490s in the Santa Casa (holy San Juan 14, 943 78 34 53. ( Sat. _ Environs
house), a stone manor near Corpus Christi (May/Jun), San Miguel A mountain road ascends 9 km
Azpeitia. In the 1600s it was (29 Sep–1 Oct). ∑ oñatiturismo.eus (6 miles) to the Santuario de
enclosed by the Basílica de Arantzazu, below the peak of
San Ignacio, and the rooms in This historic town in the Udana Aitzgorri. In 1469 it is believed
which the aristocratic Loiola Valley has a distinguished past. In a shepherd visualized the Virgin
family lived were converted into the First Carlist War, 1833–9 (see here. Over the door of the
chapels. The Chapel of the p67), it was a seat of the court church, built in the 1950s,
Conversion is where Ignatius, of Don Carlos, brother of King are sculptures of the apostles
as a young soldier, recovered Fernando VII and pretender to the by Jorge Oteiza.
from a war injury and had a throne. Its former university, built
profound religious experience. in about 1540, was for centuries P Universidad de Sancti Spiritus
A diorama depicts episodes in the only one in the Basque Avenida de la Universidad Vasca.
the saint’s life: dedicating his life Country. It has a Renaissance Tel 943 78 34 53. Open daily for
to Christ at the Monastery of façade, decorated with statues guided tours (phone Oñati tourist
Montserrat (see pp222–3); writing of saints, and an elegant patio. information in advance). &
his Spiritual Exercises in a cave at
The Founding of the Jesuit Order
The Society of Jesus was founded in
Rome in 1539 by Saint Ignatius and a
group of priests who were dedicated to
helping the poor. Pope Paul III soon
approved the order’s establishment,
with Ignatius as Superior General. The
order, which grew wealthy, vowed
military obedience to the pope and
became his most powerful weapon
against the Reformation. Today, there
are approximately 20,000 Jesuits
working, mainly in education, in
112 countries.
The imposing Santuario de Loiola, with its Saint Ignatius of Loiola
Churrigueresque cupola
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp563–4 and pp585–6
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