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Liborius Wagner
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Blessed Liborius Wagner
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Priest
Born 5 December 1593
Mühlhausen, Unstrut-Hainich, Holy Roman Empire
Died 9 December 1631 (aged 38)
Schonungen, Schweinfurt, Holy Roman Empire
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 24 March 1974, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Feast
9 December
Attributes
Cassock
Sword
Palm
Patronage
Persecuted Christians
Blessed Liborius Wagner (5 December 1593 – 9 December 1631) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He administered throughout his pastoral mission in Wurzburg and was killed "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith). He performed a wide range of charitable acts and he was more than willing to - at the time of his death - shed his blood for his beliefs and for his fellow Christians.
In recognition of his murder Pope Paul VI beatified him on 24 March 1974.[1][2]
Contents [hide]
1 Life
2 Beatification
3 References
4 External links
Life[edit]
Liborius Wagner was born on 5 December 1593 to Lutheran Protestant parents.
He served as a scholar who grew up in a Protestant household during the Counter-Reformation period. His decision was - in 1613 - to learn Counter-Reformation theological matters in Wurzburg and this was a decision that his parents disapproved of. He was firm in his faith as a Christian - he had converted during this time and earned the ire of his parents - and continued his studies for the priesthood. He became a teacher in 1617 and was ordained as a priest on 29 March 1625. He became the pastor to an area split between Protestants and Catholics. He attempted to reconcile both as best as he could but the divisions ran far too deep for him to do this.[3]
Wagner was driven from his parish to another town during a time of conflict in Central Europe. Protestant soldiers apprehended him in a schoolhouse and tortured him for almost a week. He refused to renounce his faith and killed him on 9 December 1631. He was shot and his corpse stripped and left into a river; his corpse was recovered sometime later. He was buried and then exhumed and later transferred for the final time on 15 December 1637.[4][5]
Beatification[edit]
The beatification process commenced on 19 November 1970 despite the fact that a diocesan process had opened prior to this. The second opened sometime later and both were ratified to ensure the two processes were valid and could be taken to Rome for further evaluation. This granted him the posthumous title Servant of God.
On 18 October 1973 he was recognized as one who died in hatred of the faith and it allowed for Pope Paul VI to celebrate his beatification on 24 March 1974. The pope hailed Wagner for his "testament to faith".[6]
(One day in meditation, on the day I first read about Liborius, I received the following in meditation:
And in Mount Draganos he was confirmed a god.
Later, this was confirmed to me. B.L.S.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "December 9 -- Feast of Blessed Liborius Wagner". Saint of the Day. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Blessed Liborius Wagner". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Blessed Liborius Wagner". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "December 9 -- Feast of Blessed Liborius Wagner". Saint of the Day. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Blessed Liborius Wagner". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "December 9 -- Feast of Blessed Liborius Wagner". Saint of the Day. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
External links[edit]
Hagiography Circle
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