1696–1787
Alfonso de’ Liguori

Introduction

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Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1696, Ma­ri­anel­la, It­aly.

Died: Au­gust 1, 1787, No­ce­ra de’ Pa­ga­ni, It­aly.

Biography

De’ Li­guo­ri be­came Bi­shop of San­ta Aga­ta dei Go­ti (St. Aga­tha of the Goths), in Be­ne­ven­to, Italy, in 1762.

Works

Translations of his hymns ap­peared in:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Dal tuo celeste trono
    • Look Down, O Mo­ther Ma­ry
  2. Fly Hi­ther from the Storm That Rag­es Round
  3. Fiori, felici, voi, che notte, e gior­no
    • O Flow­ers, O Hap­py Flow­ers
    • O Hap­py Flow­ers
  4. Gesu mio, con dure funi
    • My Je­sus! What Wretch Has Dared
  5. Giacchè tu vuoi chia­mar­mi pad­re
    • Jesus! Let Me Call Thee Son
  6. In This Sweet Sac­ra­ment, to Thee
  7. Let Those Who Will for Oth­er Beau­ties Pine
  8. Mary, Thy Heart of Love
  9. Mondo, più per me non sei
    • Jesus, Lord Be Thou My Own
    • World, Thou Art No More for Me
  10. Mother Ma­ry, Queen Most Sweet
  11. My God, O Good­ness In­fi­nite
  12. My Soul, What Does Thou? An­swer Me
  13. O bello Dio, Sig­nor del Pa­ra­di­so
  14. O Bread of Hea­ven! Be­neath This Veil
  15. O How I Love Thee, Lord of Hea­ven
  16. Partendo dal mon­do
    • When the Lov­ing Shep­herd
  17. Quanno nas­cette Nin­no
  18. Raise Your Voic­es, Vales and Mount­ains
  19. Sei pura, sei pia
    • O Mo­ther Blest! Whom God Be­stows
    • Thou Art Ele­ment, Thou Art Chaste
  20. Sto pri­gione en­tro quel Core
    • I Dwell a Cap­tive in This Heart
  21. ’Tis Thy Good Plea­sure, Not My Own
  22. Tu scendi dal­le stelle
  23. Viva! Vi­va! Ge­su

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