Madonna Della Strada

Madonna Della Strada or Santa Maria Della Strada — Italian meaning Our Lady of the Way (The Way was what the earliest Christians called its community in antiquity) — is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the patroness of the Society of Jesus religious order of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Italian - Christian - Community - Antiquity - Blessed Virgin Mary - Patroness - Society of Jesus - Religious order - Roman Catholic Church

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The founder of the Society of Jesus, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, claimed to have been protected by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary during battle in his service as a Basque soldier. It was that intercession that inspired Saint Ignatius of Loyola to establish the religious order that would become known as the Jesuits, in order to defend the Roman Catholic Church, launching a Catholic Reformation in response to the Protestant Reformation sparked by the former Roman Catholic priest Martin Luther.

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Saint - Ignatius of Loyola - Basque - Soldier - Catholic Reformation - Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther

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A famous painting of Madonna Della Strada from the 15th century is enshrined at the Church of the Gesu in Rome, motherchurch of the Society of Jesus.

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15th century - Enshrined - Church of the Gesu - Motherchurch

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