Libaire de Grand
Feast: 8 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Libaire, or more rarely Lievière, is a cephalophore martyr of Lorraine. She was martyred at the second milestone near Apollogranum or Grandesina in the 4th century; according to legend she was beheaded in 362 on the order of the emperor Julian, who had come to restore pagan worship in Gaul. She is celebrated on 8 October.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Libaire de Grand (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Nominis — Sainte Libaire, vierge et martyre dans les Vosges (IVe siècle) — Grand is in the Vosges; 4th century and the 8 October feast match.
- Wikidata Q3237693 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.