Feastday: October 15
There is nothing known about Flavia other than she was martyred. The feast kept by the Western Church today is actually of St. Placid, "a monk and disciple of the Blessed Abbot Benedict, together with his brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, their sister, the maiden Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty other monks", who, we are told were martyred by pirates at Messina. The feast day is October 15th.
For St. Flavia Domitilla, see Flavia Domitilla (saint).Saint Flavia is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was martyred at Messina along with her brother, the Benedictine monk Saint 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 15.
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