S. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA.

NZ Truth, Issue 473, 11 July 1914, Page 1

S. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA.

S. Aloysius, the eldest 'son- of Ferdinand Gonzaga, Martjuis of Gastiglione; was born on th© 9th of ;Maxch, 1568. The first ;words he -pronounced' were the' holy, names of Joseph -and Mary. 'When he was nine years of age /he made a vow of perpetual' 'vir-; : ginlty, and by a special grace was ever exempted ■ from i tempta- - '.tfons against purity. ,. He received his* first Communion" at th&- hands Jof Sv CharJes,; Borromeo. ; At an

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Nearly age- he > resolved to > leave the world, r and m. a vision was directed ;by our ; Blessed: Lady to join the' Society of Jesus. The Saint's ■> mother on learning ' his -determination vto become a ; reli- , gious;; but his father for three years refused his consent. At length S. Aloysius obtained'per- ' mission to enter the novitiate on the 25, th of November, 1585. He took his vows after two years, and , went through the, ordinary course* „ of philosophy and theology. Buring, his ' last ■ year of, theology a malignant fever, broke out ; in* 'Home; the Saint , offered / himself ' . for the service of the sicki and he was accepted 'for, the dangerous 1 duty. Several of the /brothers caught the , foyer, and r -Aloysius ; , was of the > number. ; He was: brought to the p/jint'of; death, but ■ recovered, only to ,;falli however, into .slow fever, which .carried him' off^ after three naonths. He died,; .repeating .the ! Holy Name, a ; little; .. after , midnight, .between the .' 2oth. and -21st'. of June,' on .'the. octave-. daY : of "" Corpus VChristi, being rather more than twenty-three. i ye^rs of age.r^Tbe~ Oratory^"Livesof the Saints."; ; .

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