Saint Aloysius Gonzaga  1568–1591.

Feast Day: June 21. Patron of : AIDS victims. AIDS caregivers. Teenagers. He grew up in a castle and was trained as a soldier and courtier from the age of four. A kidney infection left Aloysius bedridden, with much solitary time spent in prayer. At the age of eighteen he became a Jesuit novice, signing his inheritance away to his family. He tended plague victims in Rome before dying of the plague himself.

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