Balthazar of Loyola


Balthazar of Loyola

ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Ordination27 December 1663
Personal details
Born
Muhammed El Attaz

1631
Died15 September 1667
Madrid, Spain
DenominationCatholic

Balthazar Mendez de Loyola, born Muhammed El Attaz (1631 in Fez, Morocco – c. 15 September 1667, in Madrid, Spain) was a Moroccan prince converted to Catholicism. He became a Jesuit priest and devoted himself to the evangelization of Muslims.