Aloysius Gonzaga
Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (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.
Patron saint of New Canaan, Connecticut, San Luis, Pampanga
In the Martyrology
- June 21 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit religious