
Flavia is a
saint
In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...
of the Roman Catholic Church. She was martyred at Messina along with her brother, the Benedictine monk
Placidus, their brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty other monks. They were killed by pirates. Their feast day is October 5th. Flavia was from Paleramo Sicily. In Paleramo there is a part called Santa Flavia after her.
Saint Flavia, Catholic Online
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Christian saints in unknown century
Medieval Italian saints
People killed by pirates
Year of birth unknown
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