Plautilla
Life and witness
At Rome, of St. Plautilla, a consul's wife, and mother to Blessed Flavia Domitilla, who, baptized bj St. Peter the apostle, renowned for all kinds of virtues, rested in peace.
Biographical overview
Plautilla (d. c. 67) is a name attached in late antique and medieval tradition to a pious Roman matron associated with the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul. In apocryphal narratives and later retellings, she encounters Paul as he is led to execution outside the city and lends him her veil so he may blindfold himself; after his beheading, the veil is miraculously returned to her.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Romae sanctae Plautillae, feminae Consularis, quae beatorum Martyrum Flavii Clementis Consulis soror et Flaviae Domitillae Virginis mater exstitit; atque, a sancto Petro Apostolo baptizata, omnium virtutum laude refulgens, quievit in pace.