Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (
Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; 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. (
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Prayer: "Marian Prayer of St. Aloysius Gonzaga" (Indicative of the Aloysius Gonzaga's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary) O my mother, into thy blessed trust and custody, and into the care of thy mercy, I this day, every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body. To thee I commit all my anxieties and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen.
Attributes:
Lily,
Crown (headgear),
cross,
skull,
rosary
Patronage: Young students,
Christian youth,
Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, AIDS care-givers
See also:
John Rigby, England
Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (
Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; 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. (
Full article...)
Prayer: "Marian Prayer of St. Aloysius Gonzaga" (Indicative of the Aloysius Gonzaga's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary) O my mother, into thy blessed trust and custody, and into the care of thy mercy, I this day, every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body. To thee I commit all my anxieties and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen.
Attributes:
Lily,
Crown (headgear),
cross,
skull,
rosary
Patronage: Young students,
Christian youth,
Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, AIDS care-givers
See also:
John Rigby, England