Liberata of Como

Saint Liberata of Como was a virgin of northern Italy who, with her sister Saint Faustina, founded the convent of Santa Margherita at Como. Both reposed around 580.

According to tradition they were the daughters of Giovannato, of the fortress of Olgisio at Pianello Val Tidone near Piacenza. Promised in marriage, they fled the castle after a vision and lived as hermits, and later went to Como and joined the Benedictines. Their relics are in the cathedral of Como. They are invoked as protectors of women in childbirth, and in the Camonica Valley it is believed that a flood was averted through their intercession.

She is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 18 January (new style).