Laetitia

Laetitia (in Spanish Leticia, in Italian Letizia) is venerated as a virgin and martyr, presumed a companion of Saint Ursula, of the 5th century, at Cologne. Very little of historical credibility is known about her: she seems to have suffered exile and death for defending her faith and chastity. Her commemoration is on 21 October. A saint of the same name was commemorated on 13 March and 9 July.

Her cult spread to Corsica and is found in medieval England; a centre of the cult is the town of Ayerbe in Aragon, Spain. In 1521 Hugo de Urriés, baron of Ayerbe, learned at Brussels, in the convent of the Poor Clares, of the relic of the head of Saint Laetitia and brought it to Ayerbe, where it was placed in the collegiate church of Saint Peter. The relic remains there in a silver reliquary of the 16th century. The festival is held around 9 September, with processions. A saint venerated locally, from the tradition of the undivided Church; the link with Ursula is presumed.