Beatus of Liébana

monk, theologian and geographer from the former Duchy of Cantabria and Kingdom of Asturias,

730 CE to 800 CE

Saint Beatus of Liébana (c. 730 – c. 800) is a monk, theologian and geographer from the former Duchy of Cantabria and Kingdom of Asturias, in modern Cantabria, northern Spain, who works and lives in the Picos de Europa mountains of the region of Liébana.

He is best remembered today as the author of the Commentary on the Apocalypse, written in 776, then revised in 784 and again in 786.

His feast day is February 19.

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