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- For their unwillingness, all were sent to the public games in the amphitheater. There Perpetua and Felicity were beheaded, and the others killed by beasts. Felicity gave birth to a daughter a few days before the games commenced. Perpetua’s record of her trial and imprisonment ends the day before the games.
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Felicity, a slave woman imprisoned with her and pregnant at the time, was martyred with her. They were put to death along with others at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity narrates their death.
Apr 24, 2024 · Perpetua (born c. 182—died March 7, 203, feast day March 7, Carthage [now a residential suburb of Tunis, Tunisia]) was a Christian martyr who wrote The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death in the arena.
Perpetua and Felicity stood side by side and were killed by sword at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are the patron saints of mothers, expectant mothers, ranchers and butchers. Their feast day is celebrated on March 7.
Mar 7, 2024 · How did Perpetua and Felicity die? Perpetua and her companions were martyred by being subjected to wild beasts. The men were subjected to a leopard, a bear, and a boar.
A number of young catechumens were arrested, Revocatus and his fellow slave Felicitas, Saturninus and Secundulus, and with them Vibia Perpetua, a newly married woman of good family and...
Feb 7, 2024 · In 203 CE, a young, African Christian woman named Vibia Perpetua was executed in a brutal fashion. She and her fellow Christians were taken to the amphitheatre of Carthage (now in Tunisia), where...
Mar 7, 2020 · Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a young noblewoman and her slave, were martyred for their faith in A.D. 203, under the emperor Severus. At the time of their arrest, Perpetua had an infant son, and Felicity was pregnant.
