DOCTOR
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Most Zealous Doctor, declared a Doctor of the Church.
background
Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), bishop and founder of the Redemptorists, was the great moral theologian of the modern Church and a tireless author of devotional works. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871.
summary
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Most Zealous Doctor, declared a Doctor of the Church.
doctor Title
Most Zealous Doctor
feast Day
August 1