Our Patron Saint

Born on 27 September 1696 in Marianella, Kingdom of Naples [Italy];

Ordained a Priest on 21 December 1726 at age 30;

Consecrated Bishop on 20 June 1762 at age 65;

Died on 1 August 1787 in Pagani at age 90;

Beatified on 15 September 1816 by Pope Pius VII;

Canonized on 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI;

Declared Doctor of the Church on 23 March 1851 by Pope Pius IX;

Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, "Redemptorists";

A lawyer, composer, musician, poet, author, scholastic philosopher and theologian.

Patron of confessors, moral theologians, arthritics, lawyers, vocations.

Patron of the Brooklyn Redemptoris Mater Seminary 2018.