Alphonsus Rodriguez

Jesuit lay brother and saint

Alphonsus Rodríguez, SJ (Spanish: Alfonso) (25 July 1532 – 31 October 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit who served as a religious brother and was now venerated as a saint.

He was a native of Segovia.Though his life was punctuated with personal tragedies and disappointments, his impact on the people he met was his legacy.

He is not to be confused with Alphonsus (Alonso) Rodríguez, another Jesuit who wrote the Exercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas (3 vols., Seville, 1609), which has frequently been re-edited and translated into many languages.