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460 460 ST. LIBERA Julian the apostate. The names and date are not iJike in all acconnts. Sco- BEBiA is perhaps the same. AA.SS. Chatelain. St. Libera. (See Ldtrude.) St. Liberata (l), Wilokfortis. St. Liberata (2), Libaria. St. Liberata (3), Jan. 16, V. of Pavia, c. 500. She and her sister Spegiosa lived like nuns. They were said to be sisters of Honorata and Luminosa. St. Liberata (4), Libert^ or Li- BERTA8, Feb. 3 or 5, V. honoured at Chaumont not far from Bethel in Cham- pagne. (/S^e^; Oltveria.) Martin. Migne. Mas Latrio. St. Liberata (5), or Libera, Jan. 15, 1 8, supposed 6th century, V. of Como. Her fjEtther was John, a nobleman, dwel- ling at the foot of the Cottian Alps. She and hor sister Faustina (13) hap- pened one day to see a woman weeping for the death of her husband. They thereupon determined to abjure matri- mony and fled from their parents to Como, where they took upon themselves the Rule of St. Benedict. Their father built them a monastery at Como. They died, according to Bucelinus, within three days of each other. Their bodies were translated into the cathedral in 1317. They are honoured at Mantua and Verona. B.M, AA,SS. They are mentioned by. Fcrrarius, Baronius, Gali- sinius, Bucelinus, etc. St. Liberatrix, Wilgefortis. St. Liberia, Libaria. St. Liberta, Libaria. St. Libertas or Libert^, Liberata (4). St. Libhan, Libana. St. Libiana. Perhaps same as Lu- betia. St. Libosa, M. with Antiga. St. Libraria, Libaria. St. Libya, Lybe. St. Liceria, May 11 (Leotheria, Lethere, Liotheria, LissifeRE, Literia, Litiieuia, perhaps Eleutheria, 8th century, V. sometimes called M., but there is no record of her sufifering martyrdom or a violent death. She and YooHA were sisters of St. Ebbo, bishop of Sons, who died in 750. They gave lands to his monastery, led a holy celibate life near him, and were buried with due honour in the church of St Pierre le vif, where Liceria's body is preserved. AA,SS. Smith and Wace. St Lictnide, Lutrude. St Lide or Lyde, Aug. 8, Dec 18, V. in the Scilly isles, one of which is named after her. British Piety, Supplement. She is thought by Leland, the anti- quary (16th century), to be a woman, but Stanton thinks there is better authority for identifying Lide with St Elid, bishop and confessor. St. Liduvine, Lidwina. St. Lidwig, V. One evening Lidwig being very tired and thirsty, asked her father to bring her a little wine. He knew she had that day given away all she had in the house to some poor women. Nevertheless, he took up the jug to go and procure some, and to his surprise he found it full to overflowing: the wine was red and good and wanted no water. It lasted from the feast of St Bemigius, Oct. 1, until that of the Conception. Bagatta, Admiranda. St. Lidwina, "the incomparable suflferer," April 14, Jan. 6 (Lidwid, Lri>- viNA, Lydwig, Lydewigis, Lytwin), V. 1380-1433, bom at Schiedam. Patron of skaters. "One of the best known saints of Holland and one of the galaxy of female mystics who adorned the Church during parts of the 14th and 15th centuries." From the age of seven, she evinced extraordinary devotion to the Virgin Mary, and when sent on an errand by her mother, would always take the opportunity of going into a church and saying an Ave. At twelve she made a vow of virginity. At fifteen, she fell while skating, broke a rib, and sus- tained an inward bruise which destroyed her health and eventually brought on dropsy. The first four years of her ill- ness, she had a perpetual sense of her sufferings and ardently desired to re- cover; afterwards she became quite resigned. The last thirty years of hor life she was bedridden, but she bore her pains piously, even voluntarily increase ing them by depriving herself of the little comfort that was possible to her. She was shamefully ill treated by soldiers when the Duke of Burgundy