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Books about Jesuit saints

Jesuit Saints & Martyrs
Short Biographies of the Saints, Blessed, Venerables, and Servants of God of the Society of Jesus
Joseph N. Tylenda SJ
Chicago: Loyola Press, 1998
ISBN 0-8294-1074-0
Second Edition, 478 pages
This comprehensive book includes information on Jesuits whom the church lists as Venerables and Servants of God, as well as saints and blesseds.


Profiles in Holiness
Brief Biographies of Jesuit Saints
Hedwig Lewis SJ
Gujarat, India: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 2003
ISBN 81-87886-73-0
432 pages
The format distinguishes this book which first presents a brief summary of each saint or blessed that it treats, and then has sections on each man's life and work, character traits and spirituality, and other areas.


Passion and Glory
A flesh-and-blood history of the Society of Jesus
Ignacio Echaniz SJ
Gujarat, India: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1999
Four Volumes (Vol. I, Spring 1529-1581; Vol. II, Summer, 1581-1687; Vol. III Autumn-Winter, 1687-1773-1814; Vol. IV, Second Spring, 1814-1965-1999)
This ambitious project presents not just Jesuits the Church recognizes as saints and blesseds, but other importan figures in Jesuit history, up to some who have died as recently as the two Jesuits killed in East Timor in 1999.


48 Santos y 147 Beatos de la Compañía de Jesús
Antonio J. Bernal L. SJ
Medellín, Colombia: Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, 2001
280 pages
A contemporary treatment in Spanish of the saints and blesseds.