Flavia

Holy Martyr Flavia suffered at Messina in Sicily, together with her brother, the Benedictine monk Placidus, their brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, Donatus, the deacon Firmatus, Faustus and thirty other monks. They were killed by pirates. Flavia came from Palermo; a district is named after her, Santa Flavia. They are commemorated on 5 October (new style).

The story comes from the medieval hagiographical tradition that links Placidus with the disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia; the time of the martyrdom, the fourth century, remains uncertain. She is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the Catholic Church.