Turibius of Liébana (''

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

'' '), also known as Turbius the Monk (''Turibius Monachus'', ''Toribio el Monje''), was an early

Benedictine monk The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they ...

. He was born probably in Turieno and spent most of his life in the region of

Liébana Liébana is a '' comarca'' of Cantabria (Spain). It covers 575 square kilometres and is located in the far southwest of Cantabria, bordering Asturias, León and Palencia. It is made up of the municipalities of: Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño ...

. He received a letter full of praise from Bishop Montanus of

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in 527.Jorge Loring
"El “Lignum Crucis” de Santo Toribio de Liébana"
who cites Pedro Álvarez, ''El Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Liébana y el Lignum Crucis'' (1995, ). In his preaching, he condemned as heresy the

Priscillianism Priscillianism was a Christianity, Christian sect developed in the Roman province of Hispania in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnosticism, Gnostic doctrines taught by Marcus, an Ægyptus, Egyptian from Memphis, Egypt, Memp ...

still rampant in Spain. Around the middle of the century, he and five companions took up the Benedictine habit and founded the monastery of Liébana, either the second or third oldest Benedictine establishment in Spain, dedicating it to

Martin of Tours Martin of Tours (; 316/3368 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third French Republic, Third Republic. A native of Pannonia (present-day Hung ...

. Turibius of Liébana has been conflated with

Turibius of Astorga Saint Turibius of Astorga (; ''fl.'' 446, died 460) was an archdeacon of Tui and an early Bishop of Astorga. Turibius was a zealous maintainer of ecclesiastical discipline, and defender of the Nicene Christianity against the Galician heresy of P ...

(died 460), also a saint, whose bones came to rest in the monastery the former Turibius had founded and where he also was buried. According to the ''Chronicon'' attributed to Hauberto, a Benedictine

Mozarab The Mozarabs (from ), or more precisely Andalusi Christians, were the Christians of al-Andalus, or the territories of Iberia under Muslim rule from 711 to 1492. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania, the Christian ...

of the reign of

Alfonso III of Asturias Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great (), was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between his sons, with García inheriting León, ...

, but actually a forgery by Antonio Lupian Zapata, Turibius became

Bishop of Palencia The Diocese of Palencia () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.translated Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

the body of

Antoninus of Pamiers Saint Antoninus of Pamiers (, , and ) was an early Christian missionary and martyr, called the "Apostle of the Rouergue". His life is dated to the first, second, fourth, and fifth century by various sources since he is often confused with various ...

to the

Cathedral of Palencia The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Antoninus () is a Roman Catholic church located in Palencia, Spain. It is dedicated to Saint Antoninus of Pamiers. History The cathedral was built from 1172 to 1504 stands over a low-vaulted Visigothic crypt (the Cr ...

, thereafter named in his honour.Gregorio de Argaiz
''Población eclesiástica de España y noticia de sus primeras honras: hallada en los escritos de S. Gregorio obispo de Granada y en el Chronicon de Hauberto, monge de S. Benito''
(Melchor Sánchez, 1667), 68. His feast day is 11 November, or 16 April in other calendars.

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