Saint Liborius

Memorial: 23 July
confined to local calendars since 1969
Profile: Born to a noble family of Gaul. Priest. Bishop of Le Mans, France from 348. Friend of Saint Martin of Tours. Served his diocese for 45 years, building many churches. The translation of his relics from Le Mans to Paderborn led to a sister-city relation that has lasted for over 1,000 years.
Born: early 4th century Gaul
Died: 396
relics at Amelia, Umbria and at Paderborn (translated in 836)
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: against calculi
against colic
against fever
against gall stones
against gravel
against kidney stones
Paderborn Cathedral
Paderborn, Germany, archdiocese of
Paderborn, Germany, city of
Representation: bishop carrying small stones on a book
bishop with a peacock
peacock
pebbles
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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