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Chapel of the Holy Founders
Artist: Ludovico Mazzanti
Date: 17th
• The painting over the main altar is The Virgin with the Saints: Ignatius Loyola, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Francis Borgia
• St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) was the primary founder of the Society of Jesus
• St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was fellow Jesuit novice with St. Stanislaus. They were canonized saints together in 1726
• St. Francis Borgia (1510-1572) was a Jesuit general responsible for the novitiate located here
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