The church of San Liborio is a church in Rome, in the district Ponte Mammolo, in Via Diego Fabbri. It was built in the twentieth century and inaugurated 7 November 1998. The parish was erected on 28 May 1965 with the decree ''Neminem fugit'', issued by the Cardinal Vicar

Luigi Traglia Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to ...

, and entrusted to the secular priests of the Institute of Sodales Priests. Originally the parish was dedicated to St. Mary of the Purification. On 2 December 1996, by decree of Cardinal Camillo Ruini, it assumed its current name. It was instituted a cardinal's titular church by Pope John Paul II 21 February 2001. It is dedicated to

Saint Liborius Liborius of Le Mans (c. 348–397) was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany. The year of his birth is unknown; he died in 397, reputedly on 23 July. Le Mans and Paderborn As ...

, who was bishop of

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

(Cenomanus) from 348 to 397.

List of Cardinal Protectors

Johannes Joachim Degenhardt Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (31 January 1926 – 25 July 2002) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) from 1974 until his death in 2002. He was named Cardinal in 2001. Life Degenhardt grew up in Hagen, where he attended the ...

(21 February 2001 – 25 July 2002) * Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (21 October 2003 – present)

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