Their story
Adapted in modern English from Baring-Gould (1914) · original text below · little is known
Dafrosa was the wife of the martyr Flavian and suffered under Julian the Apostate (the emperor who abandoned Christianity). Apronianus, prefect of Rome, sentenced her with her daughters Demetria and Bibiana, and Flavian was martyred first.
She was sent to the house of a man named Faustus, who wanted to marry her. She refused, and instead converted him; he was baptized and then executed, his body thrown to the dogs. Dafrosa secretly buried it at night. In a dream Flavian called her to follow him, and five days later she died while praying.
Early life
The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.
Thin entry · the 1914 book gives only 155 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
This Saint was the wife of S. Flavian, a martyr. She was one of the few who suffered in the reign of Julian, the Apostate; having been sentenced by Apronianus, præfect of the city, in Rome, along with her daughters, Demetria and Bibiana. S. Flavian, her husband, was crowned on the 22nd December; and she followed him shortly.
How they teach us to live
Drawn from themes in the original account
Share your faith, in words and by example. Preaching and conversion are central here.
Pray a little every day. Prayer runs all through this account.
Learn from the kind of life it was. Turning grief into prayer and service.