1st August 
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori - Independent Catholic News

1st August 
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori - Independent Catholic News: Bishop and founder of the Redemptorists. St Alphonsus was born in 1696 near Naples, the son of a Neapolitan nobleman. He studied law and became a distinguished and eloquent barrister. One day his rhetoric carried him away. He forgot to read an important point in a document and lost a case worth a large fortune. From that time onwards, he abandoned law and studied to be a priest.

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