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St.
Alphonsus was born in the village of Marianella near Naples, Italy,
September 27, 1696. At a tender age his pious mother inspired him with
the deepest sentiments of piety. The education he received under the
auspices of his father, aided b y his own intellect, produced in him
such results that at the early age of sixteen, he graduated in law.
Shortly after, he was admitted to the Neopolitan bar. In 1723, he lost
a case, and God made use of his disappointment to wean his heart from
the world. In spite of all opposition he now entered the
ecclesiastical state. In 1726, he was ordained a priest. He exercised
the ministry at various places with great fruit, zealously laboring
for his own sanctification. In 1732, God called him to found the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, with the object of laboring
for the salvation of the most abandoned souls. Amid untold
difficulties and innumerable trials, St. Alphonsus succeeded in
establishing his Congregation, which became his glory and crown, but
also his cross. The holy founder labored incessantly at the work of
the missions until, about 1756, he was appointed Bishop of St. Agatha,
a diocese he governed until 1775, when broken by age and infirmity, he
resigned this office to retire to his convent where he died. Few
saints have labored as much, either by word or writing, as St.
Alphonsus. He was a prolific and popular author. the utility of whose
works will never cease. His last years were characterized by intense
suffering, which he bore with resignation, adding voluntary
mortifications to his other pains. His happy death occurred at Nocera
de Pagani, August 1, 1787. His feast day is August 1st. St. Alphonsus'
devotional writings were most successful, especially his "Glories
of Mary".
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