Plautilla

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]

Plautilla
Plautilla winding her vail around Paul in The Martyrdom of Saint Paul by Peter Paul Rubens
Died67
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Feast20 May

See also

References
  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.
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