Plautilla

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Plautilla
Martyrdom of Saint Paul with Plautilla and her veil.jpg
Plautilla winding her vail around Paul in The Martyrdom of Saint Paul by Peter Paul Rubens
Died67
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church [1]
Feast 20 May

Plautilla (died 67 AD) was an early Christian saint, a Roman widow who was by some accounts baptized by Saint Peter and saw the martyrdom of Saint Paul. [2] [3]

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  1. (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατίλλα ἡ Ρωμαία. 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. Catholic Online
  3. Bauman, Guy Caesar (1977). "The Miracle of Plautilla's Veil in Princeton's "Beheading of Saint Paul"" . Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University. 36 (1): 3–11. doi:10.2307/3774443. JSTOR   3774443.