Plautilla
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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.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Plautilla, and connects out to Catholic Church, Paul the Apostle and Peter Paul Rubens.
Vinony files it under 1st-century Christian female saints, 1st-century Christian martyrs and 1st-century Christian saints.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Father
- Titus Flavius Sabinus
- Religion
- Early Christianity
- Image
- Peter Paul Rubens - the Martyrdom of Saint Paul.jpg
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- www.therosewindow.com/pilot/Chartres/w4-33.htm
- date of death
- 0067-00-00
- gens
- Flavia gens
- Commons category
- Flavia Plautilla Major
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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.
== Sources and legend == The earliest detailed version of the veil motif appears in the late antique/early medieval apocryphon known as the Martyrium Pauli (Martyrdom of Paul), transmitted under the name of Linus; section 16 recounts that Paul "bound his eyes with Plautilla's veil" before execution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plautilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.