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Mar 6, 2013 · Who was St. Perpetua? She was a young Christian woman and martyr, who died just after the year 200 in North Africa. When she was still a catechumen, she and several acquaintances were taken...
Mar 7, 2024 · No mention is made of her husband, who may have already been dead. After being baptized, Perpetua received several visions and was eventually martyred.
A small group of catechumens, including the noblewoman Perpetua and her servants Felicity and Revocatus, were imprisoned for their faith. Perpetua had a baby son who was still nursing, and Felicity was eight months pregnant.
Feb 7, 2024 · Across the eight chapters, Perpetua describes her relationship with family members, her father’s attempts to convince her to renounce her faith, the visions she had in prison and her treatment by...
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Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing.
Mar 6, 2024 · Perpetua also writes of Felicity, describing her as an example of faith through martyrdom. Heavily pregnant at the time, Felicity was committed to suffering for her faith alongside the others. She asked the group to pray that she would go into labour early so they would all be sentenced together.
Felicity and Perpetua were willing to abandon their natural bonds of motherhood and trust completely in the will of God. They died for him, not sorrowing for what they left behind, but joyfully looking forward to their eternal reward.
