Libério Rodrigues Moreira
Libério Rodrigues Moreira (June 30, 1884 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest. In March 2024, he was declared venerable by Pope Francis.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]His parents were of humble origins and had seven children, raised with difficulties. Since he was a child, Liberio had to help his father by guiding oxen. In 1902 the family moved to Mateus Leme, where Liberio worked as a bricklayer's servant. At the age of twenty-two, he entered the seminary in Mariana, and was ordained on March 20, 1916, by Archbishop Dom Silvério Gomes Pimenta.[citation needed]
Having died in Divinópolis, on December 21, 1980, his tomb is in the city of Leandro Ferreira, in the Mother Church of São Sebastião. In this city a small museum was installed that tells part of its history. For his pious life and for some miracles attributed to him, he is popularly considered a saint in the Midwest region of Minas Gerais. Although he is not canonized, his grave is a place of pilgrimage and pilgrimages. Recently, events have been organized to raise funds to fund the process of canonization of the religious.[citation needed]
Impact
[edit]The date of birth of the religious is remembered annually with a municipal holiday, and various activities. On March 12, 2016, the then bishop of the Diocese of Divinópolis presided over the mass in Leandro Ferreira, proceeding with the beatification process of Father Liberio, attended by thousands of people.[citation needed]
Beatification
[edit]On March 15, 2024, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a decree recognizing that Father Liberio was in life a practitioner of the heroic virtues.[citation needed]
See more
[edit]- List of Brazilian saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God
References
[edit]- ^ "Libério Rodrigues Moreira | (Español) Postulazione". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Promulgation of Decrees of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-09-27.