BELGIUM, 2006, a personalized label, for the 2006 Jesuit Jubilee Year,
a label se-tenant with Scott 2111
the creation of Fr. Roland Francart, SJ
featuring Konrad Baumeister's 1881 painting of the first vows at Montmartre
On the Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March 1534, Ignatius and his first companions went to the hill of Montmartre north of the city and pronounced private vows in a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady. Peter Faber, who was the only one ordained among them celebrated the Mass. They vowed poverty, chastity, and a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to convert infidels. When the pilgrimage proved not possible they went to Rome instead and put themselves at the disposal of the Pope to go wherever he judged they could be best used.
Baumeister's painting features
Ignatius Loyola, Francis
Xavier, Peter Faber, James
Laínez, Simon
Rodrigues, Alfonso
Salmerón, Nicholás
Bobadilla