Bishop, moral theologian · founder of the Redemptorists · Roman Catholic

Alphonsus Liguori

Born: 1696
Died: 1787

Neapolitan lawyer turned priest who founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1732, served as bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and wrote widely read works of moral theology and devotion; canonised in 1839 and named a Doctor of the Church in 1871.

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Preparation for Death1758

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Preparation for Death

Alphonsus Liguori's thirty-four considerations on death, judgment, hell, heaven, the value of time, the malice of sin and the love of God, each divided into points with affections and prayers, meant to move the reader to conversion and perseverance.

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