VATICAN, 16 March 2006, the triple Jesuit Jubilee issue
the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis Xavier, SJ and of Blessed Peter Faber, SJ, and the 450th anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius Loyola (July 31)
AUSTRIA, 22 April 2006, a personalized stamp created by Mag. Wilhelm Remeš
after a painting by Bartolomeo Altomonte, which is in the College
of St. Aloysius in Linz
USA, a personalized stamp, of unknown provenance, presumably from 2006
to mark the Jubilee
featuring an icon of St. Ignatius by Monastery
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BELGIUM, 2006, two personalized stamps, creations of Fr. Roland Francart,
SJ, Belgium,
for the Jubilee each se-tenant with Scott 2111
the first with Konrad Baumeister's 1881 painting of the first vows at Montmartre,
showing not just Loyola, Xavier and Faber, but also
James Laínez, Simon Rodrigues, Alfonso
Salmerón, Nicholás Bobadilla
the second with pictures of the three friends, St.
Alberto Hurtado, the seal of the Society and a
logo of the Jubilee.
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ITALY, 2006, the 450th anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius, Scott 2770
The design is based on a Peter-Paul Rubens drawing found in the Vita Beati P. Ignatii of 1609. It is of Ignatius in Spain in 1535-36:
Making the sign of the cross he cured many from possession.
MACAO, 2006, the Society of Jesus issue
With its “Society of Jesus”issue of 4 stamps and a souvenir sheet, featuring a stamp of Ignatius Macao marked various anniversaries including the 450th anniversary of death of Ignatius. It also honored Matteo Ricci, Francis Xavier, Alessandro Valignano, and Melchior Carneiro. Macao was awarded for this issue the 2007 St. Gabriel Award for the Best Religious Stamps.
