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4. Pietro Paolo Blasucci (1793-1817)
Born on February 22, 1729 in Ruvo, Italy, professed on August 14, 1753. After the death of St. Alphonsus, he was elected Rector Major...
3. Francesco Antonio De Paola (1780-1793)
Born on October 10, 1736 in Ruvo, Italy, professed May 1, 1756, named President of the Redemptorist houses in the Pontifical States on September...
2. Andrea Villani (1787-1792)
Born on February 7, 1706 in San Severino, Italy, was accepted into the Congregation on May 15, 1737 and professed in 1740. He served...
1. St. Alphonsus Liguori (1743-1780; 1780-1787)
After the death, on April 20, 1743, of Bishop Falcoia, the Director of the Congregation, St. Alphonsus, Founder of the Congregation, was elected Rector...
St. Gerard Majella
Gerard was born on 6th of April 1726, in Muro, a little town in Southern Italy. He was blessed with a mother, Benedetta, who...
St. John Neumann
Bishop of Philadelphia, was born in Prachatitz in Bohemia on 28th March 1811, son of Philip Neumann and Agnes Lebis. He attended school in...
Blessed Peter Donders
Peter Donders was born in Tilburg, Holland, on 27th October 1809 of Arnold Denis Donders and Petronella van den Brekel. Because the family was...
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
The Redemptorists celebrate October 5 the memorial of the Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos C.Ss.R.
Francis Xavier Seelos was born on January 11, 1819, in Füssen,...
Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger
"Saints have special intuitions", wrote Father Stanggassinger. That which is important for me, who am not a saint, are the simple eternal truths: the...
Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli
Gennaro Maria Sarnelli, the son of the Baron of Ciorani, was born in Naples on September 12, 1702. At the age of 14 following the...