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. Luigi displayed a strong inclination towards the...