Luigi Monza
Blessed Luigi Monza (22 June 1898 - 29 September 1954) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Secular Institute of the Little Apostles of Charity. Monza's pastoral mission was defined with catering to the needs of the poor and the sick and used his new congregation as a means of spreading this mission.
Monza was beatified on 30 April 2006 in Milan after Pope Benedict XVI approved his beatification; Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided on the pope's behalf.
Patron saint of Secular Institute of the Little Apostles of Charity
In the Martyrology
- September 29 Blessed Luigi Monza, priest