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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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