Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files==== Part of the [[Field Guide to Flying Saints]] ==== ===== Saint Alphonsus Liguori ===== **born:** Marianella, sept27, 1696 **died:** Nocera die Pagani, aug 1, 1787 He was a lawyer who after an unsuccessful trail became a priest. When he visited a hospital he saw a strange light and the house began to shake and he heard a voice saying; //'Leave the world and give thyself to me!'// It was God. Alphonsus became a hard liner, a moralist. As a bishop he ordered prostitutes to be buried on the garbage dump and had 'frivolous' engravings destroyed. He was always in trouble, people did not like him, he had fights with Popes and moved from one crisis to the next. When Pope Pius the 4th put and end to his career, he suffered depression, anxieties and evil temptations. Alphonsus wore chains round his ankles and wrists and a cross full of nails on his chest and back. He would hit himself until he bled in a old cave and saw Mary appear naked before him. He wrote the most famous book on Maria ever written; 'Gloria di Maria'. His hobbies included riding, fencing, playing cards and the opera. {{/pub/Main/AlphonsusLiguori/alpligs1.jpg}} **Wingspan:** 1,72 m **Weight (approx):** 41kg **Range and distribution:** Italy **Color:** red and white tunic. **Special Features:** a pen. {{/pub/Main/AlphonsusLiguori/alpligs2.jpg}}Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International alphonsus_liguori.1181261142.txt.gz Last modified: 2007-07-03 12:34(external edit)