Ignatius Loyola becomes, in 1541, the first…
1541 CE
Ignatius Loyola becomes, in 1541, the first general of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, which he had founded the previous year with the blessings of Pope Paul III.
The order’s discipline, organized along military lines, is based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius; its lengthy training period can be as much as fifteen years.
Jesuits do not wear a special habit and are not subject to local ecclesiastical authority: they are bound by a vow of obedience to the pope.
Members of the order are to concentrate their energies on foreign missions, education, and scholarship.
Italian painter and sculptor Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra paints the powerful and highly admired Deposition in the Cappella Orsini in the church of Trinita dei Monti.
His fine draftsmanship of the nude reflects his study of the late works of Michelangelo, his good friend and mentor.
Michelangelo completes The Last Judgment in 1541, having begun painting it for the Sistine Chapel in 1536.