Saint
Alphonsus of Astorga
Bishop of Astorga
A bishop of Astorga in northwestern Spain.
- Feast
- January 26old style February 8
- Reposed
- 9259th century
- Place
- Astorga
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Alphonsus of Astorga was bishop of the city of Astorga in northwestern Spain in the ninth century. He withdrew to live as a simple monk at the monastery of Saint Stephen de Ribas de Sil in Spanish Galicia.
No other details of his life survive. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 26 January (new style).
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