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Saint Libertine
Christian martyr
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 3 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1
Died
200
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Agrigento, Saint Libertine, bishop and martyr.
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 3 November as a bishop and martyr of Agrigento.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7401646 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Libertine (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.