Lietbertus
Bishop of Cambrai
Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Lietbertus (Lietbert, Libert, Liberat) of Brakel (or of Cambrai, de Lessines) (ca. 1010–1076) was bishop of Cambrai from 31 March 1051 to 28 September 1076. Liebertus was born to the Brabantian nobility at Opbrakel (a village in the present-day municipality of Brakel). He served as archdeacon and provost of the cathedral of Cambrai before his election as bishop.
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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.
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 23 June: 'St Lietbertus, or Libert, Bishop of Cambrai (A.D. 1076)' — Butler gives him a full entry as bishop of Cambrai, of the Brabantine nobility; he is honoured at Cambrai (the entry gives his death day, 28 September).
- Wikidata Q678154 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lietbertus (CC BY-SA)
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