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Liberalis of Rome
martyr at Rome
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 20 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Also at Rome, on the old Via Salaria in the cemetery ad Septem Palumbas, Saint Liberalis, martyr, who is said to have held in the world the office of consul.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 December as a martyr laid in the cemetery ad Septem Palumbas on the old Via Salaria at Rome, who is said to have held the office of consul.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R3f85f82b — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.