OK, so that title\u2019s a) click-baity (because The Pope), and b) not accurate. It should say \u201cJesuit,\u201d not \u201cJesuits.\u201d Because I\u2019m talking about one.\u00a0Namely,\u00a0Domenico Zipoli<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u2026an Italian\u00a0Baroque\u00a0composer who worked and died in C\u00f3rdoba (Argentina). He became a\u00a0Jesuit\u00a0in order to work in the\u00a0Reductions of Paraguay\u00a0where his musical expertise contributed to develop the natural musical talents of the\u00a0Guaranis. He is remembered as the most accomplished musician among Jesuit missionaries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I stumbled across his name (and his Vespers of Saint Ignatius<\/a>) during the Great Lenten Musical Journey of 2015<\/a>\/last month, and was interested\/intrigued enough to head to the YouTubes in search of more. (Quite an unusual fellow, sounds like. Also, he wrote an opera about Saint Ignatius<\/a>. And inspired an opera-ish thing himself<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start off with this:<\/p>\n