St. Alphonsus

Patron Saint of Vocations & Theologians
Feast Day Celebrated on August 1

Born September 27, 1696  - - -   Died August 1, 1787

Alphonsus's father (Don Joseph de' Liguori) was a naval officer and Captain of the Royal Galleys.  His mother was of Spanish descent his father said of him as a young man; "when he once makes up his mind he is inflexible". St. Alphonsus was a moral theologian, which is not the common teaching of Catholic theologians.  

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