Noun: Loyola loy'ow-lu
- (Roman Catholicism) Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)
- Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola
Type of: saint, theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer
Encyclopedia: Loyola, Saint Ignatius of