Gonzaga

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Gonzaga may refer to:

[edit] People

• The House of Gonzaga, the family which ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708
• Aloysius Gonzaga, an early Jesuit saint

[edit] Institutions

Several Roman Catholic educational institutions run by Jesuits have been named after St. Aloysius Gonzaga:

• Gonzaga College High School, a high school in Washington, D.C., United States
• Gonzaga Preparatory School, a high school in Spokane, Washington, U.S.
• Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, U.S.
  • The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the athletic teams representing this institution.
• Gonzaga College (Dublin), an exclusive fee-paying school in the Republic of Ireland
• Gonzaga High School, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was for many years run by Jesuit brothers, but after the reform of Catholic schools in the late 1990s, it is now non-denominational.
• Kolese Gonzaga, a high school in Jakarta, Indonesia

[edit] Places

• Gonzaga, Italy, a commune in the province of Mantua
• Gonzaga, Cagayan, a municipality in the Philippines
• Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, a town in Brazil
• Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Quebec, a parish municipality in Canada