Alphonsus Liguori (Person)
Alphonsus Liguori
1696 AD - 1787 AD
An Italian Catholic bishop, who is One of the most widely read Catholic authors.He was also a composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian.
- The patron saint of confessors
- Beatified 15 September 1816 by Pope Pius VII
- Canonized 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI
- proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871
He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the Redemptorists, in November 1732. In 1762 he was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti. A prolific writer, he published nine editions of his Moral Theology in his lifetime, in addition to other devotional and ascetic works and letters. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions.
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