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Liberat Weiß
German presbyter
BlessedResearchedGermanyOrder of Friars Minor
Feast: 3 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1675
Died
1716
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Near Gondar in Ethiopia, Blesseds Liberat Weiß, Samuel Marzorati and Michele Pio Fasoli of Zerbo, priests of the Order of Friars Minor and martyrs, who died by stoning for the Catholic faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 3 March as a Franciscan priest stoned to death for the Catholic faith near Gondar in Ethiopia.
Connected on this site
- Michele Pio Fasoli Blessed“Johannes Laurentius Weiss (religious name Liberat) and his two companions Michele Pio Fasoli and Antonio Francesco Marzorati (religious name Samuele) were German and Italian priests of the Order of Friars Minor.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1822920 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Johannes Laurentius Weiss and companions (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.