Biography & Letters

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

Ignatius of Loyola; Luís Gonçalves da Câmara (recorder)

Conversion; pilgrimage; early Jesuit formation

Subject matter

Conversion; pilgrimage; early Jesuit formation

Culture / tradition

Catholic / Spanish / European

Publication / composition

1553-1555 (dictated)

Edition publication year

1900

Historical figures

Ignatius of Loyola

Historical timeframe

Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE) · 1521 CE – 1538 CE

Approximate main subject period; not publication date. Approximate narrated period; dictated later. Translation/edition to select.