Editing Pope Liberius (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Masolino - Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore - WGA14244.jpg|thumb|''Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore'' ([[Masolino da Panicale]], 1428/29), depicts Pope Liberius performing the groundbreaking]]
[[Pope Pius IX]] noted in his 1863 encyclical ''[[Quartus supra]]'' that Liberius was falsely accused by the Arians and he had refused to condemn [[Athanasius of Alexandria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/encyc/p9quartu.htm|title=Quartus Supra (On The Church In Armenia)|author=Pope Pius IX|date=6 January 1873|publisher=Eternal Word Television Network|access-date=2 June 2015|archive-date=11 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211022510/http://www.ewtn.com/library/encyc/p9quartu.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Athanasius]] said that Pope Liberius condemned him after the Emperor [[Constantius II]] threatened to kill the Pope.{{efn|Quote of Athanasius: "Liberius, having been exiled, gave in after two years, and, in fear of the death with which he was threatened, signed" (Hist. Ar., xli)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Liberius |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09217a.htm |access-date=17 April 2023 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>}} In his 1920 encyclical ''Principi Apostolorum Petro'', [[Pope Benedict XV]] noted that Pope Liberius went fearlessly into exile in defence of the orthodox faith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xv/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xv_enc_05101920_principi-apostolorum-petro_en.html|author=Pope Benedict XV|title=Principi Apostolorum Petro, Encyclical Of Pope Benedict XV On St. Ephrem The Syrian To The Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, And Other Ordinaries In Peace And Communion With The Apostolic See.|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|date=5 October 1920 |access-date= 2 June 2015}}</ref>

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Liberius is a saint whose feast is celebrated on 27 August.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.goarch.org/chapel/dateceleb_view?m=8&d=27&y=2012 |title= On Monday, August 27, 2012 we celebrate |work= Online Chapel |publisher= Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |access-date= 14 August 2012 }}</ref> In [[Coptic Christianity]], the Departure of St Liberius the Bishop of Rome is commemorated on 4 [[Pi Kogi Enavot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/13_4.html#1|title = Nasie 4 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net}}</ref>

The [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore]] in Rome is sometimes referred to as the Liberian Basilica.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmswr.org/basilica-of-saint-mary-major-2/|title=Basilica of Saint Mary Major|website=Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/en/storia/introduzione.htm|title=The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore|website=press.vatican.va}}</ref>