Liboria

This name derives from the Latin “lībĕr,” meaning “freedom, liberty, a condition of a free man, civil status as a free man”. In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber, was a god of viticulture and wine, fertility and freedom. He was a patron deity of Rome’s plebeians and was part of their Aventine Triad. His festival of Liberalia (March 17) became associated with free speech and the rights attached to coming of age. 1) Saint Liberata is venerated as a holy virgin and martyr by the Catholic Church. According to hagiographic tradition, Liberata was the daughter of a Roman consul from the most western part of the Iberian Peninsula (today Galicia). 2) Liborius of Le Mans (~348–397) was the second bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany. St. Liborius is a recognized saint of the Roman Catholic Church, but his feast day is not included in the Tridentine calendar.