St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows: Feastday February 27

Gabriel Possenti was a member of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 24 in 1862. He was named Patron of Catholic Youth by Pope Benedict XV when he canonized Gabriel in 1920.

My favorite story about him is that on his deathbed he asked that his spiritual writings be burned lest he be tempted to spiritual pride.

Sounds like it was too late for that.

The Saint Gabriel Possenti Society is a U.S. organization promoting the public recognition of Gabriel and lobbying for his designation by the Vatican as the "patron saint of hand gunners". The society was founded by gun lobbyist John M. Snyder, who began his effort in 1987. The reason is a legend about the saint saving the town from a group of bandits by his skillful shooting of a handgun. Since Gabriel was in the late stages of tuberculosis at the time of the alleged gunfight, the story is highly improbable and is attested to in only a biography that is filled with fanciful inventions.