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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Saint

Liberata of Pavia

A holy woman honored at Pavia in Italy.

Feast
January 16old style January 29
Era
5th century
Place
Pavia

Life

Saint Liberata of Pavia was a virgin of Italy in the fifth century, a sister of Saint Epiphanius of Pavia and of Saint Honorata.

According to Ennodius, who wrote the life of Epiphanius, four devout sisters, Speciosa, Luminosa, Liberata and Honorata, were later venerated as virgins; some scholars, however, count only Honorata as a sister by blood. No details survive of Liberata's own life.

She is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 16 January (new style).

Commemorated the same day January 16