Deported around the year of our Lord 95 together with many other
persons to the isle of Ponza because she confessed her faith in
Christ, she dies in her house set afire in Terracina. |
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7 May - ST. FLAVIA DOMITILLA, martyr
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A Roman patrician, niece of the Proconsul Flavio Clemente, Flavia
Domitillai is accused of atheism. The Christians were defined atheists
because they refused to adore the gods of Rome. The goods of many
were confiscated, and then they were condemned to death.
Flavia incurred both condemnations for being a Christian and for
refusing to marry a pagan. Her refusal cost her a long martyrdom,
first in exile at Ponza, and then by death in her burning house
at Terracina set afire by the brother of the youth who in vain had
asked her to marry him.
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