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Finally, in Rome on the 31st of July 1556, at the age of sixty-five, he went into the embrace of his Lord, whose greatest glory he had always had in his mouth, and had sought everywhere, while his Company, scattered throughout the world already had twelve provinces and one hundred colleges. Illustrious in the Church for his great merits and miracles, Paul V enrolled him in the register of the Blessed on the 27th of July 1609 and Gregory XV in that of the Saints on the 12th March 1622. Pius XI, supporting the wishes of the Bishops, constituted him and declared him patron celestial of all the Spiritual Exercises on 25th of July 1922.