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1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus Aloysius De Gonzaga With Original Document
Saint
Aloysius de Gonzaga
SJ
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Aloysius Gonzaga (right) depicted in a painting by Guercino, c. 1650
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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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