Memorial
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
- Feast day
- June 21
- Patron of
- youth and students
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Aloysius Gonzaga renounced his inheritance as a prince to join the Jesuits. He died at twenty-three while nursing plague victims in Rome and is a model of youthful purity and devotion.
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