This May 7, the Catholic church commemorate a Santa Domitila of terracine, also known as Flavia Domitilaa young Roman nobleman of the first century recognized for his firmness in the Christian faith in front of the persecution of imperial power.
Member of the influential family From the emperors Tito and Domitiano, Domitila refused to marry a pagan, a decision that led her to exile and finally to martyrdom, along with his adoptive euphrosine and theodora sisters.
Domitila’s story has been subject to confusion Over time, especially because of the existence of another woman with the same name: her political auntalso called Flavia Domitilawife of consul Flavio Clemente, who was also executed for his conversion to Christianity.
This coincidence has hindered precise historical reconstruction, although ecclesiastical records agree to highlight their courage and fidelity.
Domitila is remembered as a symbol of Christian testimony at a time when the Christianity He was still clandestine and harshly persecuted by the Roman Empire. Its liturgical memory is preserved in the Martyrologium Romanum, official calendar of the Church, on May 7.
Other saints commemorated on May 7 include
- San Juan Beverley
- San Benedict II, Pope
- San Flavio and companions martyrs
- San Antonio de kyiv
- San peer
He Santoral It is an essential part of Liturgical calendar Catholic, offering every day Christian life models through the memory of saints and martyrs who marked the history of faith with their delivery, virtue and example.
