Manresa is the capital of Bages county, located in the central region of Catalonia, Spain.
Seu of Manresa
The Santa Cova, where St Ignatius stayed during his time in Manresa
La Seu from the Tower of Santa Caterina
Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.
Ignatius of Loyola (c. 16th-century portrait)
The Sanctuary of Loyola, in Azpeitia, built atop the birthplace of the saint.
Ignatius in his armour, in a 16th-century painting
Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta by Domenichino