Also known as
- Leoben of Bischofsheim
- Liobgytha of Bischofsheim
- Truthgeba
Profile
Born to the Wessex nobility to parents who had long prayed for a child. Relative of Saint Boniface with whom she corresponded for several years. Educated at the convent of Minster-in-Thanet and in Wimborne in Dorset, England. Nun. In 748 she led a group of 30 nuns, one of whom was Saint Agatha of Wimborne to Germany to help the missionary work of Saint Boniface and found convents. They based their work at Bischofsheim in Würzburg, Franconia, followed the Benedictine Rule, and Lioba served as abbess. Noted for her intelligence, her endless optimism and positive attitude for the work, and her constant study of the scriptures.
Lioba retired from her position in 776 only to start another house Schornsheim, Mainz. Visited the court of Charlemagne in Aachen, Germany and became a close friend of Queen Hildegard. The Benedictines of Saint Lioba are based in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Born
- 28 September 782 in Schornsheim, Germany of natural causes
- buried next to Saint Boniface in Fulda, Germany
- relics moved in 819
- relics moved in 839
- relics later moved to Saint Peter Berg Abbey in Fulda, Germany
- Benedictine abbess with a book (indicative of her scriptural knowledge), a clock, and lightning (which she once miraculously turned aside)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim “. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-lioba-of-bischofsheim/>