Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco – Saint of the Day – February 6

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Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco Biography

Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco Profile. Born: 23 March 1839 in Italy, Europe. Worked in Italy. Died: 6 February 1910 in Angri, Salerno, Italy. Feast Day is celebrated on February 6.

The Memorial of Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco – Saint of the Day

Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date

Date of Birth

23 March 1839

Country of Birth

Italy of Europe

Matrimony/Holy Orders

Saints who were Bishops

Profession

Missionary work

Place of Work

Italy

Date of Death

6 February 1910

Place of Death

Angri, Salerno, Italy

Feast Day

February 6

Beatification

Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 7 October 2001

Canonization

Canonized by Pope Francis on 16 October 2016

Patron Saint of

Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene

St.Alfonso Maria Fusco Biography

St.Alfonso Maria Fusco was the son of Giuseppina and Aniello been the eldest in a family of five. His parents had a problem of having children but had children after visiting the relics of Saint Alphonsus Maria d’ Liguori and had a message that they would have a son Alfonso.

He was confirmed and received his first communion at age seven and at eleven, he announced his interest in Priesthood. He entered the seminary of Nocera dei Pagani on November 5, 1850, and was ordained a priest on 29 September 1863.

He was noted for his devotion to the liturgy and as a gentle confessor. He was among the founders of the Congregation of the Baptisine Sisters of the Nazarene a group devoted to caring for the orphans, abandoned children and youth at risk. Their first house had the name Little House of Providence.

St.Alfonso Maria Fusco
St.Alfonso Maria Fusco


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