4th Duke of Gandia
1546 his wife died
1551 he renounced the World and became a Jesuit
"...His mortal remains were repatriated to Spain in 1617 and kept from 1627 at the Jesuit professed house in Madrid that was newly built for that purpose north of Plaza Mayor on a donation from Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma.On 30 July 1901, the silver urn contained the relics was transferred to the church of the Sacred Church and San Francis Borgia on calle de la Flor Baja, part of a new Jesuit residence (later professed house from 1911) established thanks to a donation from Manuel Álvarez de Toledo [es].[9] After that church was destroyed by arson in 1931, some of his ashes were recovered and eventually reinterred in the new Jesuit complex on calle de Serrano/" {Wikipedia]∼Nobility, Saint, Jesuit, fourth Duke of Gandia. He was the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI and Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1565, he became third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He died in Rome and was transferred to Madrid in 1901. He was beatified in 1624 by Pope Urban VIII and Clement X canonized him in 1671. He is depicted as a Jesuit with a skull in his hand which is crowned with an imperial crown. He is the patron saint of Gandia and helps against earthquakes.
1546 his wife died
1551 he renounced the World and became a Jesuit
"...His mortal remains were repatriated to Spain in 1617 and kept from 1627 at the Jesuit professed house in Madrid that was newly built for that purpose north of Plaza Mayor on a donation from Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma.On 30 July 1901, the silver urn contained the relics was transferred to the church of the Sacred Church and San Francis Borgia on calle de la Flor Baja, part of a new Jesuit residence (later professed house from 1911) established thanks to a donation from Manuel Álvarez de Toledo [es].[9] After that church was destroyed by arson in 1931, some of his ashes were recovered and eventually reinterred in the new Jesuit complex on calle de Serrano/" {Wikipedia]∼Nobility, Saint, Jesuit, fourth Duke of Gandia. He was the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI and Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1565, he became third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He died in Rome and was transferred to Madrid in 1901. He was beatified in 1624 by Pope Urban VIII and Clement X canonized him in 1671. He is depicted as a Jesuit with a skull in his hand which is crowned with an imperial crown. He is the patron saint of Gandia and helps against earthquakes.
4th Duke of Gandia
1546 his wife died
1551 he renounced the World and became a Jesuit
"...His mortal remains were repatriated to Spain in 1617 and kept from 1627 at the Jesuit professed house in Madrid that was newly built for that purpose north of Plaza Mayor on a donation from Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma.On 30 July 1901, the silver urn contained the relics was transferred to the church of the Sacred Church and San Francis Borgia on calle de la Flor Baja, part of a new Jesuit residence (later professed house from 1911) established thanks to a donation from Manuel Álvarez de Toledo [es].[9] After that church was destroyed by arson in 1931, some of his ashes were recovered and eventually reinterred in the new Jesuit complex on calle de Serrano/" {Wikipedia]∼Nobility, Saint, Jesuit, fourth Duke of Gandia. He was the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI and Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1565, he became third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He died in Rome and was transferred to Madrid in 1901. He was beatified in 1624 by Pope Urban VIII and Clement X canonized him in 1671. He is depicted as a Jesuit with a skull in his hand which is crowned with an imperial crown. He is the patron saint of Gandia and helps against earthquakes.
1546 his wife died
1551 he renounced the World and became a Jesuit
"...His mortal remains were repatriated to Spain in 1617 and kept from 1627 at the Jesuit professed house in Madrid that was newly built for that purpose north of Plaza Mayor on a donation from Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma.On 30 July 1901, the silver urn contained the relics was transferred to the church of the Sacred Church and San Francis Borgia on calle de la Flor Baja, part of a new Jesuit residence (later professed house from 1911) established thanks to a donation from Manuel Álvarez de Toledo [es].[9] After that church was destroyed by arson in 1931, some of his ashes were recovered and eventually reinterred in the new Jesuit complex on calle de Serrano/" {Wikipedia]∼Nobility, Saint, Jesuit, fourth Duke of Gandia. He was the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI and Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1565, he became third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He died in Rome and was transferred to Madrid in 1901. He was beatified in 1624 by Pope Urban VIII and Clement X canonized him in 1671. He is depicted as a Jesuit with a skull in his hand which is crowned with an imperial crown. He is the patron saint of Gandia and helps against earthquakes.
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Ashes buried here {See biography)
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