(Latin: igneus, fiery)
Martyr, Jesuit missionary, born Oporto, Portugal, 1528; died 1570. With 39 companions he was martyred off Palma, Canary Islands, by Huguenot pirates. The forty martyrs were beatified 11 May 1854. Ignatius is represented standing on a ship's deck, and holding up an image of the Blessed Virgin. Feast, 15 July.New Catholic Dictionary
