Feast 1 August
Founder of the Redemptorists. Moral theologian of mercy. Doctor of the Church.
Sacred art
The portrait kept with St. Alphonsus Liguori is the image this library has of Alphonsus. The honour goes to the person, and through the person to God. It is not a machine, and it is not a substitute for the life written below.
Lawyer, then priest, then bishop. Wrote for confessors who were too hard and for sinners who thought they were finished. Died 1787.
If it belongs to Alphonsus, it is here, with a door back into the story.
Arienzo / Rome21 September 1774
The founder of the Redemptorists, old and immobilized in Arienzo, is seen in the papal palace at the death of Clement XIV, and returns to his chair. One of the most cited bilocations in a canonization process.
Pagani, CampaniaDied 1787; shrine at Pagani
Doctor of the Church, founder of the Redemptorists, moral theologian of mercy. His remains are in the basilica at Pagani, a founder’s body in the house of his congregation.
