Definition of Saint ignatius

1. Noun. Bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110).

Exact synonyms: Ignatius, St. Ignatius
Generic synonyms: Bishop, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Ignatius

Saint Elmo's fires
Saint Elmo's light
Saint Emilion
Saint Eustatius
Saint Francis
Saint Francis River
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Gallen
Saint George
Saint Gregory I
Saint Helena
Saint Helenian
Saint Helenians
Saint Helier
Saint Ignatius
Saint Ignatius' itch
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Jerome
Saint Joan
Saint John
Saint John's
Saint John's bread
Saint John River
Saint John the Apostle
Saint Johns
Saint Johns River
Saint Joseph

Literary usage of Saint ignatius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"Loyola, loi-o'la, [Sp. pron. lo-yoll,] (IGNATIUS,) originally Don IÑIGO LOPEZ de Recalde, (da ra-kal'da,) often called saint ignatius, (ig-na'she-ijs ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The spirit of saint ignatius was Pauline,— intrepid yet tender; motivated by two ... More than 130 lives of saint ignatius have been written; important are ..."

3. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1852)
"saint ignatius.' Nothing is known concerning the parents of Ignatius. Some have supposed that he was the child whom Christ took up in his arms, ..."

4. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1889)
"... holy martyr saint ignatius, the god-bearer,i arch-bishop of Antioch the great, who was carried off to Rome, and there suffered martyrdom, and thence was ..."

5. The Catholic Church, the Renaissance and Protestantism: Lectures Given at by Alfred Baudrillart (1907)
"saint ignatius would hardly have combined the sense of the former reading with ... 2 In the letter on obedience quoted above saint ignatius repeats Saint ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"LOYOLA, saint ignatius DE, founder of the society of Jesus, born at tho castle of Loyola, ... saint ignatius."

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