Alphonsus Rodriguez Saint

For other people with this name, see Alfonso RodriguezSaint Alphonsus Rodríguez, S.J. (Spanish: Alfonso) (July 25, 1532 – October 31, 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr. Alonso Rodriguez, S.J., another Jesuit, who wrote the Exercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas (3 vols., Seville, 1609), which has frequently been re-edited and translated into nearly all languages; (in English as Practice of Perfection and Christian Virtues).