Saint Luigi Guanella
Also known as: Aloisius Guanella; Aloysius Guanella; Don Luigi; Louis Guanella; Ludovicus Guanella
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
October 24
Born
December 9, 1842
Died
October 24, 1915
Canonized
23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
Beatified
25 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
Biography
Saint Luigi Guanella, also known as Aloisius Guanella, Aloysius Guanella, Don Luigi, Louis Guanella, and Ludovicus Guanella, was born on 9 December 1842 in Fraciscio di Campodolcino, Sondrio, in the diocese of Como, Italy. He was the ninth of thirteen children born into a poor but pious family, with his parents being Lawrence and Maria Guanella....
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