25 Most Evil People of the 16th Century CE

Key Facts

Other names	Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola
Born	1491
Location	Loyola Castle, Navarre, Spain
Bloodline	López
Married	Yes
Children	Unknown
Position	Superior General of Jesuits
Died	31 July 1556

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

Íñigo Lopez de Recalde was born to a wealthy noble family at Loyola Castle in the Kingdom of Navarre, in today's Basque province of Guipúzcoa, Spain.

In an account of his early life by his secretary Juan Alonso de Polanco, he indicated that Loyola was far from honorable, writing "An unruly and conceited soldier...he led a disorderly life as far as women, gambling and duels were concerned".

In 1511, (Giuliano della Rovere) Pope Julius II declared a reformed Holy League against France and ordered all Papal fiefs to supply troops. King John III of Navarre (1484-1516) refused to join and declared his kingdom neutral. As a result, several noble families (such as Íñigo) sided with the Spanish against their own king and people.

In 1512, the forces of Ferdinand II of Aragon along with the Castilian militia and rebel Navarre nobles joined forces under the command of General Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo of Castile against King John III of Navarre, defeating him and annexing the southern regions of Navarre into the kingdom of Castile.

Íñigo de Loyola excelled himself in battle and was appointed a senior commander to Antonio Manrique de Lara, Duke of Nájera and Castillian (Spanish) Viceroy of occupied Navarre, based at Pamplona--with the task of enforcing Spanish rule, especially the Inquisition upon the Navarre population.

While no accounts survive, the rule of Manrique de Lara as Castillian (Spanish) Viceroy must have been particularly cruel as in 1516 there was a general rebellion across occupied Navarre including Pamplona in which Manrique de Lara was killed. Íñigo de Loyola and the Castillian troops under his command regrouped and routed the rebels, burning their towns and destroying their castles.

In 1516 at the age of 25, Íñigo de Loyola was appointed the new Viceroy of occupied Navarre commanding several thousand troops. His reign as a tyrant was especially bloodthirsty with tens of thousands of the population being cruelly tortured and butchered by his troops and secret police/inquisitors. Upon his appointment, Íñigo commissioned his military lieutenant Alfonso Salmeron from Toledo to begin his grand plan of a new Spanish citadel at Pamplona that would be impregnable to attack.

But it was Viceroy Íñigo de Loyola's invention of the concept of a "professional police force", both in terms of hierarchy, strict code of conduct, law and order and counter espionage that would be one of his most historic and relatively unknown contributions to civilization.

In order to control a largely hostile population with limited resources, Íñigo commissioned his most trusted head of the secret police Francisco Xavier- also originally of Navarre - to follow a strict instruction or "rule" by which secret police would pledge their total unquestionable devotion and even to sacrifice their "self" in order to assume the role of both secret soldier, protector and assassin of "enemies of the state" by living amongst the people, rather than in barracks.

The concept of small bands of well trained men living amongst the people and often dressing like them to control law and order, rather than living in barracks in larger groups was a radical idea for the times as it went against most "traditional" military theory of overwhelming force.

In a strict sense, Francisco Xavier cannot be technically considered the first "Police Chief" as the word "Police" (from Latin Polus = "lesser" and ic.e = "strike force" in other words "small strike force") was not invented until the time of King Francis I in 1527 with the merging of the ancient offices of Constable and Marshal Provost into a new force known as the Police.

So successful was the secret police force that Íñigo de Loyola held Navarre with an iron fist for four years along with his loyal deputies Francisco Xavier, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laynez from the court at Castille.

In 1520, several important cities in the Kingdom of Castile rose in revolt against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the grandson of Ferdinand II--including the cities of Valladolid, Tordesillas and Toledo. While the principle duty of the Viceroy Íñigo de Loyola was to use his thousands of troops to defend Spanish Navarre against French attack, Charles ordered the Viceroy to move the bulk of his troops south to help crush the internal Castillian rebellion known as the "Revolt of the Comuneros".

Henry II of Navarre sensing a unique opportunity managed to quickly raise a French army under the command of General Asparros of over 14,000 which invaded in 1521. Occupied Navarra suddenly erupted in revolt leaving Viceroy Íñigo de Loyola exposed with only a few thousand of his troops beseiged in his citadel at Pamploma and his secret police force. Contrary to re-written history, the Citadel held at the Battle of Pamploma - in which Viceroy Íñigo de Loyola was badly injured - which ended around May 1521 thanks in some part to the counter insurgency coordinated by head of the secret police force Francisco Xavier and the loyal members of his company "invisible" amongst the people.

However, the occupation of Pamploma by the French invasion force would not last long. By June 1521, a huge Castilian army overwhelmed the French General Asparros recapturing southern Navarre including Pamploma. Badly injured, was unable to continue his duties as Viceroy and he returned to his family fief to recover.

It is claimed Íñigo de Loyola suddenly found religion sometime after 1522 during his recovery. Given his previous history as a brutal tyrant and sadist, it is more likely during this period of recovery he refined his theories on the use of secret forces, agents and assassins to maintain order, apart from brute military force.

By 1523, Íñigo de Loyola was recovered enough from his injuries to return to service and in May/June of the same year was appointed emmissary of Charles V to Venice to conclude a treaty with the ever tricky Venetians upon the appointment of distinguished Venetian diplomat and general Andrea Gritti as Doge the same year.

Contrary to the fables of Loyola merely stopping in Venice for a brief moment, before heading to the Holy Land, it is almost certain that upon concluding the treaty, Loyola found the climate and hospitality of the Venetians agreeable to his continued recovery and remained almost certainly an honored guest of Doge Andrea Gritti until early 1524.

Upon being recalled to Spain by Charles V by 1524, there is no credible evidence of Loyola encountering any religious "conversion" other than a growing frustration and hatred towards Charles after being appointed to rule Salamanca in Spain and the lack of interest of the Emperor in the refined techniques of Íñigo de Loyola to establish and run a complete secret police force capable of subjugating any enemy.

The final straw probably came after Loyola was sidelined during the successful campaign against King Francis I of France at the Battle of Pavia in February 1525 only to be appointed the one to accompany the defeated King back to France upon his eventual release in March 1526.

Contrary to the complete lack of interest of Charles concerning the "company rule" of Loyola in conducting secret police forces and armies of assassins hidden within the population, King Francis like the Venetians almost certainly considered such knowledge to be extremely powerful in the art of "statecraft".

Whatever transpired between Loyola and Francis I will probably never be known. However, it is clear from this point on, that Loyola no longer considered himself a loyal soldier to the Emperor, instead he was now an agent and teacher to his former enemies, the French, Venetians and English.

The growing wealth and arrogance of Spain under Charles aligned with the Medici's continued to upset the remaining powers in Europe particular former ancient allies of Rome in England and Venice. Sensing a new found opportunity through new military tactics employed by Loyola, Francis I of France then called a council of ambassadors at Cognac and the League of Cognac was formed in 1526 between France, Venice and England was formed against the growing wealth and might of Spain and the Medici and Lombard Vatican families. At the same time, the Peasants Revolt started in Germany, forcing Charles to commit his main troops to halting the loss of valuable fiefs.

Whilst, Charles was distracted in Germany, in 1527 the League of Cognac landed a substantial force in Italy and proceeded to attack Rome, corresponding with an uprising in several Italian cities such as Milan and Florence led by the Colonna against Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII). The several thousand troops led by Lorenzo dell'Anguillara including the Papal Swiss Guard were no match for the united French, English and Venetian militia.

The ensuing guerilla tactics of the Papal militia hiding amongst the civilians in 1527, cost the population of Rome dearly, and it is alleged the population of Rome was reduced from 98,000 to 32,000 in eight days. However, Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) managed to escape.

The League forces then focused their attention further south on Naples. However, the siege did not go well and both French and English troops suffered substantial deaths from the plague, bringing the hope of a swift campaign in Italy to an end.

The whole history of these events has been deliberately corrupted and reversed, so that Charles of Spain is blamed for the sack of Rome in 1527, not the League of Cognac. In any event, Charles used these events to his advantage, keeping an even greater proportion of his loot stolen from the New World by "legal" Papal Charter.

Contrary to the mythology of Íñigo de Loyola being an "intinerant injured soldier" some how "magically" gaining an education at the University of Paris in the midst of his former enemies, Loyola was directly responsible for the formation of the first official Police Force in history when King Francis I in 1527 merged the ancient offices of Constable and Marshal Provost into a new force known as Maréchaussée or, formally, the Constabulary and Marshalcy of France (connétablie et maréchaussée de France) - commonly known as the Police.

Finally, in 1529, Charles V offered the League of Cognac a truce, if they withdrew their troops from Italy. This became known as the Treaty of Cambrai, signed in Northern France.

The Treaty gave Charles even more power, restoring Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) to the Vatican in Rome in exchange for the participants of the League being absolved for the sacking of Rome.

However, Charles and Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) were unable to help themselves and Pope Clement VII launched an offensive in revenge against the treachery of ancient joint business partner Venice, while Charles renewed his demands upon Henry VIII for North America.

Despite his frustration at the limits placed upon his vision, Íñigo de Loyola remained in the employ of Francis I at least up to 1534. However, it appears Loyola did finally receive a "higher calling" in the form of some kind of proposition through emissaries of Alessandro Farnese and Venetian Doge Andrea Gritti in early 1534, namely if the Emperor and the Medici Pope could be "dispatched", then the dream of Loyola would be implemented.

It was the arrival of these secret plans that first brought Loyola into contact with Francis Borja, the paternal great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI. By the summer of 1534, Loyola had summonsed his old alliesto a new secret brotherhood, including Francis Xavier, Alfonso Salmerons, Diego Laynez, and Nicholas Bobadilla, all Spanish; Peter Faber, a Frenchman; and Simão Rodrigues of Portugal

On "Assumption Day" August 15, 1534, with Francis Borja, Íñigo and the other six met in the crypt of the Chapel of St. Denis, at Montmartre in Paris and founded the Company of Jesus - "to attack the enemies of the church by any and all means, or to go without questioning wherever the pope might direct".

But this was not the only oath, nor ritual. For in this first most secret ceremony of the founding the Jesuits, de Borja revealed their true god to be Lucifer- Prince of all Demons, an instance of the most ancient spirit of Mari, the red goddess of the Basque region of Spain. The extreme oath was then taken - to learn every dark art of assassination, to take any action necessary, to corrupt and destroy whatever it takes, to hold silent against threat and actual torture, to pledge absolute allegience to Lucifer.

One group including Loyola headed north to the Netherlands to plan their attemped assassination of the Emperor, while another group with poison provided from the infamous book of Borja headed to Rome and the destiny of Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII).

Loyola and the group in the Netherlands failed in their attempt to kill the Emperor, but forty days later September 25, 1534 (aged 41) Pope Clement VII was dead and Alessandro Farnese was elected the new Pope.

Evading capture, Íñigo de Loyola did not return to Paris, but instead travelled straight to Venice where he was warmly received by his old friend Doge Andrea Gritti. But before Venice would help sponsor with the new Pope Paul III the creation of Loyola's international "Police Force", Loyola would need to demonstrate his talents once again and help Venice create a new professional "sea bound" military force.

Until this time, the Venetians had generally used the military skills of others and their brilliance at banking and finance to broker some deal, or payment for the necessary militia skills, known historically as the "lagunari". But the Ottoman Empire and the professional standing armies of Europe meant such kind of "rent-a-war" was no longer viable- especially as Venice continued to face increasing attack.

The solution by Íñigo de Loyola for the Venetians was the formation of the first permanent professional military units of Venice known officially as the Marine Corps - a smaller army of a few thousand highly trained, highly motivated soldiers, sworn by sacred oath to unquestionable and absolute allegience and honor. The word marine meaning "sea" and the word corps meaning in this context "bank of knights" therefore the first Marine Corps in history meaning literally "band of sea knights" - the name Fanti da Mar (infantry of the sea) a deliberate distraction to hide their official name.

Meanwhile in Venice, in 1537 at the age of 46, Íñigo de Loyola and his most loyal companions took their vows and were ordained as Franciscan Priests at the Frari Basilica, swearing their allegience to the "Gray Pope" the Minister General and therefore to Venice and to its partnership with Rome as the Holy See.

In 1537 the new members of the Orders Friar Minor then traveled to Rome to see Pope Paul III, with Loyola fully expecting to honor his promise and grant the new Police force the "Company of Gesu" for the Venetians and Roman Cult controlling the Catholic Church. However, he was to be immediately frustrated. Simply, such an entity represented far too much power and the Cardinals were threatening an all out revolt.

Loyola was forced to remain in Rome and play diplomat and politician, offering concessions and conditions such as the new order being based in Rome and not Venice, in ensuring a strict rule to ensure compliance and clear limits on the power of this soon to be unleashed "power". In the end after three long and difficult years, the concessions were sufficient for Pope Paul to feel safe in issuing his Papal Bull.

Pope Paul III confirmed the order through the bull Regimini militantis (September 27, 1540), but limited the number of its members to sixty. This limit severely hampered the role of the Jesuits and made their purpose as the most powerful Police force ever conceived, in theory only. However, thanks to patience and further negotiation, this limitation on numbers was removed through the bull Injunctum nobis on March 14, 1543.

In another significant victory for the early formation of the Jesuits, Pope Paul III issued a bull in 1545 permitting them to preach, hear confession, dispense the sacraments and say mass without having to refer to a bishop- effectively placing them outside the control of the regional clergy.

Furthermore, while technically monks, the Constitution of Loyola was unique in that it exempted priests from the cloisted rule (i.e. living in monasteries). Instead, Jesuit monks were to live "in the world".

In 1546, Pope Paul III appointed the Jesuits to their first political mission, appointing Lainez and Salmeron as his official representatives at the Council of Trent as Pontifical Theologians. Lainez with the assistance of Cardinal Monroe successfully defeated all but one minor agenda item for reform of the Catholic Church and ensured the power of the Pope remained unchallenged.

He died in Rome on July 31, 1556.

Most Evil Crimes

List of most evil crimes

Type	Year	Crime
		Of establishing an unlawful enterprise for the purpose of crime: (1540-1543 CE) That Pope Paul III through two Papal Bulls Regimini militantis (September 27, 1540) and Injunctum nobis (March 14, 1543) did authorize the establishment of a new unlawful enterprise for the purpose of crime known as the Jesuits and headed by Iñigo López de Loyola, otherwise known as Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1) firstly to subvert the children of wealthy Europeans away from secularism, enlightened and instill a doctrine of quasi-knowledge/education consistent with church doctrine and absolute catholic loyalty (2) to source missionaries and theologians to travel the globe in search and elimination of heresy and to assist in conversion; (3) to disrupt, subvert and palaralyze the spread of Protestantism through any means necessary.
		Of crimes against humanity: (1542-49) That 3800 die miserable deaths after Jesuit missionaries bring Inquisition to India.


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