Turibius of Liébana (''

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they 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 indicatin ...

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

Benedictine monk The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a Christian monasticism, monastic Religious order (Catholic), religious order of the Catholic Church following the Rule of Saint Benedic ...

. 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, C ...

. He received a letter full of praise from Bishop Montanus of Toledo 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 Christian sect developed in the Iberian Peninsula under the Roman Empire in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnostic doctrines taught by Marcus, an Egyptian from Memphis. Priscillianism was later cons ...

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 ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as th ...

. Turibius of Liébana has been conflated with Turibius of Astorga (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 ( es, mozárabes ; pt, moçárabes ; ca, mossàrabs ; from ar, مستعرب, musta‘rab, lit=Arabized) is a modern historical term for the Iberian Christians, including Christianized Iberian Jews, who lived under Muslim rule in ...

of the reign of

Alfonso III of Asturias Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great ( es, el Magno), was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called " Emperor of Spai ...

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

Bishop of Palencia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia ( la, Palentin(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.

in 533. He was also said to have

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 (french: Saint Antonin, oc, Sant Antoní, and es, San Antolín) 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 va ...

to the

Cathedral of Palencia Palencia Cathedral (''Catedral de Palencia'') is a Roman Catholic church located in Palencia, Spain. It is dedicated to Saint Antoninus of Pamiers (''San Antolín''). The cathedral was built from 1172 to 1504 stands over a low-vaulted Visigothic ...

, 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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