Editing Basques (section)

==Notable Basques==
{{Main|List of Basques}}

Among the most notable Basque people are [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]] (who led the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe after [[Ferdinand Magellan]] died mid-journey); [[Sancho III of Navarre]]; and [[Ignatius of Loyola]] and [[Francis Xavier]], founders of the [[Society of Jesus]].

[[Diego de Gardoqui|Don Diego María de Gardoqui y Arriquibar]] (1735–1798) was also a Basque, who became Spain's first Ambassador to the United States, and [[Miguel de Unamuno]] was a noted novelist and philosopher of the late 19th and the 20th century, was also a Basque.

Another well-known Basque was [[Alberto Hurtado|Father Alberto Hurtado, S.J.]] (1901–1952), a Jesuit priest who founded the charitable housing system [[Hogar de Cristo]], meaning hearth, or home, of Christ, in Chile. El Hogar provided a home-like milieu for the homeless. Hurtado also founded the Chilean Trade Union Association to promote a union movement based on the social teachings of the Catholic Church. He was a friend and savior to all the poor and homeless, and was beatified by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 16 October 1994. He was canonized by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 23 October 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/st-alberto-hurtado-sj |title=St. Alberto Hurtado, SJ: patron saint of multitaskers|date=18 August 2010 |website=America Magazine|access-date=5 April 2019|archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519005939/https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/st-alberto-hurtado-sj |url-status=live}}</ref>