Turibius of Liébana [SEP] canonization status
took up the Benedictine habit and founded the monastery of Liébana, either the second or third oldest Benedictine establishment in Spain, dedicating it to Martin of Tours.
Turibius of Liébana has been conflated with Turibius of Astorga (died 460), also a saint, whose bones came to rest in the monastery the former Turibius had founded and where he also was buried.
According to the "Chronicon" attributed to Hauberto, a Benedictine Mozarab of the reign of Alfonso III of Asturias, but actually a forgery by Antonio Lupian
a piece of the "lignum crucis", were transferred to the Monastery of Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana.
External links.
- Catholic Online: Turibius of Astorga
- Año Jubilar Lebaniego: Santo Toribio, Obispo
- Santo Toribio de Astorga, aproximación a una biografía