biography
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Liguori, St Alfonso Maria de'
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also known as St Alphonsus Liguori
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pronunciation:
[ligwohree]
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| lived:
| (1696–1787)
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| biography:
| Theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, born in Naples, SW Italy. He abandoned law to take orders, and with 12 companions founded the order of Liguorians or Redemptorists (1732). In 1762 he became Bishop of Sant' Agata de' Goti, but he resigned in 1775, and returned to his order. He was canonized in 1839, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871. His prolific writings include the notable Theologia moralis (1748). Feast day 1 August. |
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