Alphonsus Liguori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alphonsus Liguori

Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1696

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1787

Profession: writer, composer, lawyer, poet, Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. 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. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871.
One of the most widely read Catholic authors, he is the patron saint of confessors.