biography
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Gonzaga, Luigi, St
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known as St Aloysius
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pronunciation:
[gonzahga]
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| lived:
| (1568–91)
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| biography:
| Jesuit priest, and the patron saint of youth. The eldest son of the Marquis of Castiglione, near Brescia, he renounced his title in order to become a missionary, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1585. When Rome was stricken with plague in 1591, he devoted himself to the care of the sick, but was himself infected and died. He was canonized in 1726, and in 1926 was declared the patron saint of Christian youth by Pope Pius XI. Feast day 21 June. |
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