Today is the anniversary of the canonization of Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier in 1622.  Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri were also canonized on that day, making March 12, 1622, possibly the greatest day in the history of canonizations.
The painting above by the Jesuit Andrea Pozzo depicts Ignatius sending Xavier to the missions in [...]

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