During the persecution of Christians by Emperor Decius, she was clubbed to death after she refused to make a sacrifice to the Roman gods.

Messalina was a Christian woman living in Foligno in the third century.

[1] She was a disciple of Bishop Felician of Foligno, from whom she received the veil upon taking vows of celibacy and chastity.

[2] She visited Felician in prison following his arrest during Emperor Decius's persecution of Christians.

[2] She was denounced as a Christian and, after she refused to make a sacrifice to the Roman gods, she was beaten to death on 23 January 249.