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St. Alphonsus Liguori (detail)

1904

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787) was an Italian Catholic Bishop, spiritual writer, theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious order. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and declared a Doctor of the Church.

 

St. Alphonsus Liguori (detail)