[2] From this arose a "love bond of lasting brotherhood" that has survived all the hostilities of the succeeding centuries and is considered to be the oldest contract still in force.

Since the thirteenth century he is prayed to for assistance against gallstones that are caused by the water of the limestone area; the first account of a healing of this kind concerns the cure of Archbishop Werner von Eppstein, who came on pilgrimage to the saint's shrine in 1267.

The popularity of the saint in Paderborn is shown in the week-long yearly festival that begins on the Saturday after his 23 July feast day.

[2] St Liborius is a recognized saint of the Roman Catholic Church,[3] but his feast day was not included in the Tridentine calendar.

[4] Libori is a festival in Paderborn, Germany, in honour of Saint Liborius, which takes place annually in the last week of July.