Noun
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
Source: WordNetProtestant success, at first amazingly rapid, was checked mainly as a resultant of Loyola's creation of the Jesuit order. Ignatius of Loyola
In 1556, St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus — the Jesuit order of Catholic priests and brothers — died in Rome. Source: Internet