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Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Rome, Italy
Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, also known as Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster, was born on 18 January 1880 in Rome, Italy. At the age of 11, he began his education at Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls abbey in Rome.
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