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|SaintName=Saint Alphonsus Liguori | |SaintName=Saint Alphonsus Liguori | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=August 01 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Marianella, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) | |SaintBirthPlace=Marianella, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=40.8667, 14.2667 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=40.8667, 14.2667 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1787-01-08 | ||
|DeathPlace=Pagani, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) | |DeathPlace=Pagani, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=40.7500, 14.6667 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=40.7500, 14.6667 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Site of death and final writings | |NotableLabel3=Site of death and final writings | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=40.7500, 14.6667 | |NotableCoordinates3=40.7500, 14.6667 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Italy | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarnano]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope Pius VII | |Beatifier=Pope Pius VII | ||
|BeatificationLocation=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | |BeatificationLocation=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Pope Gregory XVI | |Canonizer=Pope Gregory XVI | ||
|CanonizationLocation=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | |CanonizationLocation=Rome, Papal States (now Italy) | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a deaf-mute girl in Naples | |SaintMiracle1=Healing of a deaf-mute girl in Naples | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Cure of a paralyzed boy in Pagani | |SaintMiracle2=Cure of a paralyzed boy in Pagani | ||
|Profession=Lawyer; priest; bishop; foundress | |Profession=Lawyer; priest; bishop; foundress | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) | ||
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|Attributes=Bishop's crozier; book (moral theology); chained demon | |Attributes=Bishop's crozier; book (moral theology); chained demon | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pagani, Italy | |PrimaryShrine=Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pagani, Italy | ||
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'''Saint Alphonsus Liguori''', CSsR (1696–1787), born Alfonso Maria de' Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, Doctor of the Church (1871), and founder of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] (Redemptorists), renowned for his moral theology, devotional writings, and pastoral reforms emphasizing mercy over rigorism.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09296b.htm|title=St. Alphonsus Liguori|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Marianella near Naples to a noble family, historical records from Neapolitan archives confirm his precocious legal training, earning a doctorate at 16 in 1714 and ordination in 1726 after moral crises; disillusioned with casuistry, he founded the Redemptorists in 1732 to evangelize the poor, professing vows in 1732.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Liguori|title=Alphonsus Liguori|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> His ''Moral Theology'' (1753–1755) and ''The Glories of Mary'' (1750) revolutionized casuistry with probabiliorism, influencing Vatican II; as bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti (1762–1775), he reformed seminaries despite age and health.<ref name="newadvent" /> Retiring to his order in 1775, he endured paralysis and calumny, dying August 1, 1787, aged 90.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Alfonso-Liguori|title=Saint Alfonso Liguori|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> | '''Saint Alphonsus Liguori''', CSsR (1696–1787), born Alfonso Maria de' Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, Doctor of the Church (1871), and founder of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] (Redemptorists), renowned for his moral theology, devotional writings, and pastoral reforms emphasizing mercy over rigorism.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09296b.htm|title=St. Alphonsus Liguori|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Marianella near Naples to a noble family, historical records from Neapolitan archives confirm his precocious legal training, earning a doctorate at 16 in 1714 and ordination in 1726 after moral crises; disillusioned with casuistry, he founded the Redemptorists in 1732 to evangelize the poor, professing vows in 1732.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Liguori|title=Alphonsus Liguori|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> His ''Moral Theology'' (1753–1755) and ''The Glories of Mary'' (1750) revolutionized casuistry with probabiliorism, influencing Vatican II; as bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti (1762–1775), he reformed seminaries despite age and health.<ref name="newadvent" /> Retiring to his order in 1775, he endured paralysis and calumny, dying August 1, 1787, aged 90.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Alfonso-Liguori|title=Saint Alfonso Liguori|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> | ||