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Loyolai Szent Ignác bencés templom

📍 Győr, 9022

The Loyolai Szent Ignác bencés templom is the Benedictine church in Győr dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the Spanish nobleman-turned-spiritual reformer who founded the Jesuits. Ignatius lived from 1491 to 1556, and his name became linked with the Counter-Reformation, Catholic education, and missionary work across Europe and beyond. That dedication gives the church a very specific identity: this is not just a Roman Catholic place of worship, but one tied to one of the most influential religious movements of the 16th century. The Hungarian name, Loyolai Szent Ignác, keeps his birthplace, Loyola, in the title, so even the dedication carries a little geography with it. …

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