Aloysius Gonzaga
Italian Jesuit seminarian and saint (1568–1591) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; 9 March 1568 – 21 June 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the victims of a serious epidemic. He was beatified in 1605 and canonized in 1726.
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Aloysius de Gonzaga | |
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Confessor | |
Born | (1568-03-09)9 March 1568 Castiglione delle Stiviere, Duchy of Mantua, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 21 June 1591(1591-06-21) (aged 23) Rome, Papal States |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 October 1605, Rome, Papal States by Pope Paul V |
Canonized | 31 December 1726, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII |
Major shrine | Church of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, Italy |
Feast | 21 June |
Attributes | Lily, Crown (headgear), cross, skull, rosary |
Patronage | Young students, Christian youth, Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, AIDS care-givers; New Canaan, Connecticut |
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