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St. Aloysius Gonzaga left his powerful family to become a Jesuit priest and died as a young man caring for plague victims.

Aloysius Gonzaga was the firstborn in a powerful Italian noble family, one that was deeply involved in the ongoing business of dealing and double-dealing, treachery and betrayal that marked the political life of the time. Aloysius was thrust into adult responsibilities at the age of four when he began his training as a soldier and courtier. At the age of eight he served in the court of Grand Duke Francesco I de’Medici.

Aloysius Gonzaga began to suffer from kidney disease, and in the process of recovery spent time in spiritual reading and prayer. At the age of nine Gonzaga made a private vow of chastity.

The political intrigue and corruption surrounding Aloysius would take the lives of two of his brothers, but he had strong spiritual allies. Aloysius Gonzaga received his first Holy Communion from St. Charles Borromeo. Aloysius also began to teach catechism to young boys. Much to the displeasure and anger of his father, Aloysius announced his intention to bec

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1568–1591
Patron Saint of students, Christian youth, Jesuit novices, AIDS patients and caregivers
Invoked against eye troubles and epidemics
Canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on December 31, 1726
Liturgical Color: White
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The divine goodness, most honored lady, is a fathomless and shoreless ocean, and I confess that when I plunge my mind into thought of this it is carried away by the immensity and feels quite lost and bewildered there. In return for my short and feeble labors, God is calling me to eternal rest; his voice from heaven invites me to the infinite bliss I have sought so languidly, and promises me this reward for the tears I have so seldom shed…I write all this with the one desire that you and all my family may consider my departure a joy and favor and that you especially may speed with a mother’s blessing my passage across the waters till I reach the shore to which all hopes be
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Aloysius Gonzaga
Italian Jesuit seminarian and saint (1568–1591)
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Saint

Aloysius de Gonzaga

SJ
Aloysius Gonzaga (right) depicted in a painting by Guercino, c. 1650
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, San Luis, Pampanga
Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; 9 March 1568 – 21 June 1591) was an Italianaristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the

Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga SJ
Aloysius Gonzaga (right) depicted in a painting by Guercino, c. 1650
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, San Luis, Pampanga