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Detail of A Statue of Saint Lioba Date And Artist Unknown Schornsheim Germany Photographed On 28 September 2007 By Kandschwar
Detail of A Statue of Saint Lioba Date And Artist Unknown Schornsheim Germany Photographed On 28 September 2007 By Kandschwar

Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim

Also known as: Lioba of Wimborne; Leoben of…; Liobgytha of…; Liobgetha of…; Truthgeba of…

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

28-Sep

Born

C.710 in Wessex, England as Truthgeba (= God‘s gift)

Died

28 September 782 in Schornsheim, Germany of natural causes; buried next to Saint Boniface in Fulda, Germany; relics moved in 819; relics moved in 839; relics later moved to Saint Peter Berg Abbey in Fulda, Germany

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim, also known as Truthgeba, was born around 710 in Wessex, England. She was born to the Wessex nobility, to parents who had long prayed for a child. From a young age, Lioba displayed a deep devotion to her faith and a keen intellect.

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