Saint Liberata is the

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of the city of Pizzone, Italy. She is declared a holy virgin and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. Her father was Lucio Catelio Severo and mother was his wife Celsia. She had eight twin sisters (Geneva, Victoria, Eufemia, Germana, Marina, Marciana, Basilisa, and Quiteria), of which all of them, together with Liberata, were martyred, under the regime of Emperor Hadrian. Her remains are kept at the Cathedral of

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, Spain. Her feast day is celebrated in Pizzone on June 10, and in the

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(mainly around the

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Masses/Processions Held in Honor of Saint Liberata

Throughout the mid- and late-1900s, about 1,000

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from Pizzone had migrated to the Chicago area. Now every June 8 at the Divine Savior Church in

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, certain of those the emigrants attend a one-hour

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dedicated to the

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and also attend a thirty-minute

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around five blocks of the streets there, which also features a live trumpet/drum band, both first exiting and then entering the

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when finished. This is organized annually by the Saint Liberata Club of Chicago, founded 1944, also in honor of the saint. As for in Pizzone, on June 10, they also hold the same above-mentioned mass/procession also, though it is not known in what the manner they hold the activity.

''Inno a Santa Liberata V.M.''

O liberata, i palpiti dei nostri cuori accogli, tu l'innocenza serbaci, e in noi sempre germogli ... germogli. ''Tu di Pizzon le mura, proteggi o donna pura, tu di Pizzon le mura, proteggi o donna pura.'' Te donna forte, i numi invano tentano di vincere, che del tuo sangue tingere, ti placque il suolo Ispano ... Ispano ''Tu di Pizzon le mura ...'' Hai vinto satana
Vincesti anche le divinitate
Quando sul legno intrepida
Chiuder volesti i lumi ... i lumi ''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura''
''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura'' Se ti transurano
Se all'odio ti fan segno con la croce
Salve! Che del Empireo
T'assunse Dio nel regno ... nel regno ''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura''
''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura'' Madre sorridici
Dal cielo Tu allieta i nostri cuori
Ed i profumi salgano
A te di questi fiori ... di fiori ''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura''
''Tu di Pizzon le mura''
''Proteggi o donna pura''

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