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Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian.
Aug 1, 2022 · Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a great moral theologian as well as the founder of the Redemptorists. He wrote in the areas of spirituality and doctrine to the edification of his diocese and others.
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Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Italian doctor of the church, one of the chief 18th-century moral theologians, and founder of the Redemptorists, a congregation dedicated primarily to parish and foreign missions. He is the patron saint of moralists and confessors.
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Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. He was born Alphonsus Marie Antony John Cosmos Damien Michael Gaspard de Liguori on September 27,1696, at Marianella, near Naples, Italy.
St. Alphonsus Liguori. Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. The eighteenth century was not an age remarkable for depth of spiritual life, yet it produced three of the greatest missionaries of the Church, St. Leonard of Port Maurice, St. Paul of the Cross, and St. Alphonsus Liguori.
Who is Saint Alphonsus Liguori ? Bishop, Doctor of the Church. Patron Saint of Arthritis, Confessors, Moralists. Former Lawyer. Ordained near the age of 30 years old.
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Jul 30, 2023 · He is considered the “Marian Doctor of the Church” and was declared the “Patron of all confessors and moral theologians” by Pope Pius XII. He is St. Alphonsus Liguori, whose feast we celebrate on July 30. Born in Marianella, Italy, near Naples, in 1696, St. Alphonsus was the oldest of seven children. Incredibly bright, he excelled in ...
