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St. Alphonsus de Liguori
Founder Statue by Pietro Tenerani, 1839
  Founder Saints on the Left Tribune Wall
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St Alphonsus de Liguori in St Peter's Basilica  

Born - 27 September 1696 at Marianella, Naples

Died - 1 August 1787 at Nocera de Pagani, Salerno

Canonized - 1831 by Gregory XVI

Feast Day - 1 August

Founded - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)

Text on Statue
Scroll - REGULA CONGREGATIONIS / SS.MI REDEMPTORIS

Pedestal - S. ALPHONSUS M. DE LIGORIO / CONG(regation) IS SS.MI REDEMPTORIS / FUNDATOR A. D. 1839


 He is a Doctor of the Church and patron of confessors and moralists.

 
 
 

 

 

South wall of the Tribune
St Alphonsus de Liguori at Top Right

Pietro Tenerani
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2007
Pietro Tenerani , c.1789-1869, Italian sculptor. He studied with both Canova and Thorvaldsen. Of his many works on classical and Christian subjects, the best known include Psyche with Pandora's Box, Cupid and Venus, and Deposition from the Cross, a large relief in the Lateran, Rome. He made the tomb of Pius VIII in St. Peter's, Rome, and a statue of Bolívar for Colombia.