Loyola family

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The Loyola family is a noble Basque lineage from the Azpeitia area of Gipuzkoa, Spain, historically associated with the ancestral home and origins of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

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Loyola family canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Basque noble lineage
noble family
associatedReligion Catholic Church
associatedWith House of Loyola
Loyola family home
Sanctuary of Loyola
country Spain
culturalContext Basque culture
ethnicGroup Basque people
linked to: Basques
feudalStatus landed gentry
geographicContext northern Spain
hasAncestralSeat Loyola, Azpeitia
linked to: Loyola de Oñaz
hasSurnameForm Loyola
heritageSiteAssociation Sanctuary of Loyola complex in Azpeitia
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Late Middle Ages
historicalSignificance ancestral family of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
knownFor being the lineage of the founder of the Society of Jesus
language Basque language
linked to: Basque

Spanish language
locatedIn Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa
nobleTitle lords of Loyola
notableEventAssociation birth of Ignatius of Loyola
notableMember Ignatius of Loyola
partOf Basque nobility
Spanish nobility
placeOfOrigin Azpeitia
Basque Country
region Gipuzkoa
religiousLegacy connection to the Society of Jesus
influence on Catholic Counter-Reformation through Ignatius of Loyola
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
socialClass nobility

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Loyola family tower house namedAfter Loyola family
Loyola de Oñaz family Loyola family