Liborius Wagner was born on 5 December 1593 to
Lutheran Protestant parents. He served as a scholar who grew up in a Protestant household during the
Counter-Reformation period. His decision was - in 1613 - to learn Counter-Reformation theological matters in
Würzburg and this was a decision that his parents disapproved of. He was firm in his faith as a Christian - he had converted during this time and earned the ire of his parents - and continued his studies for the
priesthood. He became a teacher in 1617 and was
ordained as a
priest on 29 March 1625. He became the pastor to an area split between Protestants and Catholics. He attempted to reconcile both as best as he could but the divisions ran far too deep for him to do this. Wagner was driven from his parish to another town during a time of
conflict in Central Europe. Protestant soldiers apprehended him in a schoolhouse and tortured him for almost a week. He refused to renounce his faith and killed him on 9 December 1631. He was shot and his corpse stripped and left into a river; his corpse was recovered sometime later. He was buried and then exhumed and later transferred for the final time on 15 December 1637. ==Beatification==