Placidus (martyr)
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| Placidus | |
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| Martyr | |
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| Died | 4th century |
| Feast | not celebrated |
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Saint Placidus (Placitus), along with Saints Eutychius (Euticius), Victorinus and their sister Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty others, have been venerated as Christian martyrs. They were said to be martyred either by pirates at Messina or under Diocletian.
In their Acts, this Placidus was confused with the saint of the same name, a follower of St. Benedict (see Saint Placidus). Thus, the legend of this unknown Sicilian martyr has him go to Italy in 541, and found a monastery at Messina, of which he was abbot, and where he was martyred with thirty companions.
Their feast day, not included in the Tridentine Calendar, was later inserted, and was celebrated, until 1969, on 5 October.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 141
[edit] Gallery
 The Martyrdom of Saint Placidus and Saint Flavia by Correggio |
 Saint Flavia, also by Pietro Perugino |
[edit] External links
- (English) Saint Flavia: Catholic Online
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