Ignacio de Loyola, solo y a pie

Synopsis of Ignacio de Loyola, solo y a pie

«Ignacio de Loyola, solo y a pie» is the biography of Ignatius of Loyola by José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras (Cristiandad, paperback, 404 pp., Spanish).

Biography of Ignatius of Loyola focused on his spiritual and physical pilgrimage. The author lets Ignatius dialogue with people, travel through inns and roads, beg, and eat what he is given. A simple narrative, supported by extensive research, spanning from the journey to Jerusalem to his death in Rome in 1556.

Published in 1986, the work falls within biographical essay and the field of religion and spirituality.

For those interested in the figure of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the history of the Society of Jesus, and religious biographies.