Aloysius Gonzaga

Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga SJ
Aloysius Gonzaga (right) depicted in a painting by Guercino, c. 1650
Confessor
Born	(1568-03-09)9 March 1568 Castiglione delle Stiviere, Duchy of Mantua, Holy Roman Empire
Died	21 June 1591(1591-06-21) (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

Aloysius de Gonzaga (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.