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title: "St. Aloysius Gonzaga: Feast Day June 21 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/
description: "St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious, patron of youth and students. Feast day June 21, died 1591. Read their life in Bless."
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Religious · Feast day June 21

# St. Aloysius Gonzaga

The feast day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga is June 21, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of youth and students.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [June 21](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#21) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | 1591 |
| Patron of | [youth](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#youth), [students](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#students) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, June 21, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/#calendar) |

## Life

Eldest son of a princely Italian house, page in the courts of Florence and Madrid, who signed away a marquisate to enter the Jesuit novitiate at seventeen — where his director, the future saint Robert Bellarmine, had to moderate his austerities.

When plague struck Rome in 1591 he begged to serve in the hospitals, carrying the dying on his shoulders. He caught the fever and died at twenty-three, on the octave of Corpus Christi, as he had foretold. He is patron of Catholic youth.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Aloysius Gonzaga as patron of youth and students.

[Youth](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#youth) [Students](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#students)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. John Bosco](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-bosco/) youth · January 31
- [St. Maria Goretti](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-goretti/) youth · July 6
- [St. Thomas Aquinas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-aquinas/) students · January 28
- [St. Isidore of Seville](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-of-seville/) students · April 4
- [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) students · July 11
- [St. Catherine of Alexandria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-alexandria/) students · November 25

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Aloysius Gonzaga. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, June 21, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/21/) | St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious (Memorial) | White | Genesis 12:1-9 · Psalm 33:12-13, 18-19, 20 and 22 · Hebrews 4:12 · Matthew 7:1-5 |
| [Wednesday, June 21, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/21/) | St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious (Memorial) | White | 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 · Psalm 31:20, 21, 24 · John 14:23 · Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[June 20 St. Silverius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-silverius/) [June 22 St. Thomas More](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/)

[All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 21?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-21) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Feast day June 21

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/#calendar)

In the app

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