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Flavia Domitilla, a Roman virgin, granddaughter of the emperors Titus and Domitian, having received the veil of virginity from Pope Clement, was denounced as a Christian by Aurelianus, her fiancé, son of the consul Titus Aurelius, whereby she was relegated by the emperor Domitian to the island of Ponza, where he suffered a long martyrdom in prison. Finally led to Terracina, she confessed Christ again, and appearing ever more constant and having converted many to the faith of Christ with doctrine and miracles, the judge set fire to her home, and thus ended the course of her glorious martyrdom together. with the virgins Theodora and Euphrosina, her milk sisters, under the emperor Trajan on 7 May: their bodies, found intact, were buried by the deacon Cesarius. This day then the sacred relics of the two brothers, together with those of Flavia Domitilla, from the diaconia of St. Adrian were solemnly transferred to the basilica of these Martyrs, under the title of Fasciola - their ancient Title restored again -, where once stored they were kept, by order of Pope Clement VIII, who then established that today wold be celebrated the feast of the same blessed Virgin Domitilla, whose passion is commemorated on the seventh of this month.