Feast June 21
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Religious, patron of youth · Feast June 21
Biography
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), an Italian nobleman who renounced his inheritance to enter the Society of Jesus, died at the age of twenty-three after contracting plague while nursing the sick in Rome. Canonized in 1726, he is a patron of Catholic youth and students.
Feast day
June 21
Patronage
- youth
- students
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
6
Feast day of month
21
