Saint
Aloysius de Gonzaga
SJ
Aloysius Gonzaga (right) depicted in a painting by Guercino, c. 1650
Confessor
Born
9 March 1568
Castiglione delle Stiviere,
Duchy of Mantua,
Holy Roman Empire
Died
21 June 1591 (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
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