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Ignacio Ellacuría

1930–1989 · El Salvador

Ignacio Ellacuría (1930–1989), Basque-born Jesuit philosopher and theologian in El Salvador and a disciple of Xavier Zubiri. He developed a 'philosophy of historical reality' and the method of 'historicization'. As rector of the UCA (from 1979) he pressed for a negotiated peace; he and seven others were killed by Salvadoran soldiers on 16 November 1989.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In the chronology

1 event in the chronology involves this figure.

Year	Date	Event
1989	1989-11-16	UCA massacre — A Salvadoran army unit murders six Jesuits — including rector and philosopher Ignacio Ellacuría — and Elba and Celina Ramos at the Central American University.^{[3] [5]}

References

Ignacio Ellacuría · 🗄 archived 2026-03-07 Encyclopædia Britannica · encyclopedia
Ellacuría, Ignacio · 🗄 archived 2026-05-04 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · encyclopedia
'I Miss Them Always': A witness recounts El Salvador's 1989 Jesuit massacre · 🗄 archived 2026-05-14 NPR · news
Ignacio Ellacuría e o método de historicização dos direitos humanos · 🗄 archived 2025-04-29 SciELO Brazil · academic
From Madness to Hope: Report of the UN Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (1993) · 🗄 archived 2026-01-18 United Nations (via Equipo Nizkor) · report