Saint Turibius (Spanish: Toribio)of Astorga (c. 402-460) was an Archdeacon of Tui and an early Bishop of Astorga, Spain. Turibius was a zealous maintainer of ecclesiastical discipline, and defender of Nicene Christianity against the Galician heresy of Priscillianism, for which he received a supportive letter from Pope Leo the Great (c. 400-461), which still survives. In order to eradicate the heresy from northern Spain, the Pope ordered that a general synod be held that would remove from communion any bishops who refused to condemn Priscillianism. In light of the political unrest in the region, Hydatius reported that Turibius held the local synod in 447.
After his death at Astorga in 460, Turibius was revered as a saint. According to tradition, his relics, along with the largest piece of the “Lignum Crucis” (True Cross) in the world, were transferred to the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. Located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christianity that, together with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and Caravaca de la Cruz, has the privilege of issuing perpetual indulgences.
His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Turibius of Astorga is contained in a reliquary positioned on the right side of the monastery’s High Altar. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana, who is also interred in the monastery church.
After his death at Astorga in 460, Turibius was revered as a saint. According to tradition, his relics, along with the largest piece of the “Lignum Crucis” (True Cross) in the world, were transferred to the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. Located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christianity that, together with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and Caravaca de la Cruz, has the privilege of issuing perpetual indulgences.
His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Turibius of Astorga is contained in a reliquary positioned on the right side of the monastery’s High Altar. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana, who is also interred in the monastery church.
Saint Turibius (Spanish: Toribio)of Astorga (c. 402-460) was an Archdeacon of Tui and an early Bishop of Astorga, Spain. Turibius was a zealous maintainer of ecclesiastical discipline, and defender of Nicene Christianity against the Galician heresy of Priscillianism, for which he received a supportive letter from Pope Leo the Great (c. 400-461), which still survives. In order to eradicate the heresy from northern Spain, the Pope ordered that a general synod be held that would remove from communion any bishops who refused to condemn Priscillianism. In light of the political unrest in the region, Hydatius reported that Turibius held the local synod in 447.
After his death at Astorga in 460, Turibius was revered as a saint. According to tradition, his relics, along with the largest piece of the “Lignum Crucis” (True Cross) in the world, were transferred to the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. Located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christianity that, together with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and Caravaca de la Cruz, has the privilege of issuing perpetual indulgences.
His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Turibius of Astorga is contained in a reliquary positioned on the right side of the monastery’s High Altar. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana, who is also interred in the monastery church.
After his death at Astorga in 460, Turibius was revered as a saint. According to tradition, his relics, along with the largest piece of the “Lignum Crucis” (True Cross) in the world, were transferred to the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana around the middle of the eighth century. Located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christianity that, together with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and Caravaca de la Cruz, has the privilege of issuing perpetual indulgences.
His feast day is April 16 in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Turibius of Astorga is contained in a reliquary positioned on the right side of the monastery’s High Altar. He is usually portrayed with a mitre and is not to be confused with Turibius of Liébana, who is also interred in the monastery church.
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