Name
Domitilla, persecuted noblewoman of Rome, late 1st c.
Saint ID
S02419
Reported Death Not Before
96
Reported Death Not After
96
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins, Monarchs and their family, Aristocrats
| ID | Title | E02033 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Nereus, Achilleus and Companions (martyrs of Rome and central Italy, S00403) narrates the decision of the niece of the emperor Domitian, *Domitilla (persecuted noblewoman of Rome, late 1st c., S02419) to embrace virginity, her exile to the island of Ponza with her eunuch slaves Nereus and Achilleus; the struggle of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) with Simon Magus; the martyrdom and burial of a number of saints: Felicula, Nicomedes, and Nereus and Achilleus in Rome; Eutyches, Victorinus and Maro on the via Nomentana and via Salaria north-east of Rome; Sulpitius and Servilianus on the via Latina, south-east of the city; Domitilla, with her companions, Euphrosyna and Theodora, in Terracina. Written presumably in Rome, of uncertain late antique date. | E02488 | The Latin Martyrdom of Clemens narrates how *Clemens/Clement (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111) healed and converted a certain Sisinnius with his household and several other aristocrats in Rome; Clemens’ exile to the Black Sea; the many conversions triggered there; his death by being thrown into the sea; the miraculous receding of the sea to reveal his body placed in a sarcophagus in a temple, and how this miracle is repeated every year on the saint's feast day. Written presumably in Rome, between the late 4th and the early 6th c. | E06524 | Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula at the beginning of her pilgrimage, in 385, visited the cells of Flavia *Domitilla (persecuted noblewoman of Rome, late 1st c., S02419) on Ponza (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404. |
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