1. Alessandro Luzzago was an Italian nobleman and organizer of Catholic charities.
10 Facts About Alessandro Luzzago
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Alessandro Luzzago is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII.
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The Alessandro Luzzago family was one of the most important noble families of Brescia.
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Alessandro Luzzago's mother was an early collaborator of Saint Angela Merici.
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Alessandro Luzzago received his first formation at Gavardo under the priest Marcantonio Roccio.
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Alessandro Luzzago was eager to join the Jesuits, but he was prevented from doing so on account of the economic difficulties of his family, caused by some inappropriate transactions by his father.
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In 1584, Alessandro Luzzago became of member of Brescia's city council and he began his work to harmonize the relationships between the city government and various church charitable organisations.
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Alessandro Luzzago reorganized and gave new impetus to the city's revised catechetical programme which arose after the Council of Trent.
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In 1589, Alessandro Luzzago accompanied to Rome Cardinal Gianfrancesco Morosini, who was bishop of Brescia and papal nuncio to France.
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Alessandro Luzzago had the opportunity to meet Saint Philip Neri.