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      • Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century.
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  1. Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 [6] – 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. [7]

  2. Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church in Africa by the Emperor Severus. With details concerning the lives of many early martyrs unclear and often based on legend, we are fortunate to have the actual record of the courage of Perpetua ...

  3. Mar 7, 2024 · 1. Who was St. Perpetua? Perpetua 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...

  4. Sep 18, 2024 · Perpetua is often mentioned together with one of her companions — Felicity — as is the case in Eucharistic Prayer I. Felicity was another woman who was arrested at a time when she was eight months pregnant.

  5. The brutal execution of Perpetua and Felicity is one of the most famous stories from the first few centuries of early Christian martyrdom. These two women, one a young noblewoman and the other slave, shared a bond based upon the unwavering commitment to their religious beliefs.

  6. Apr 5, 2017 · On March 7, 203, saints Perpetua and Felicity died as martyrs in Carthage (África). During the persecution of Emperor Severo, there were five catechumens who were arrested in Carthage: Revocatus, Felicity, Saturninus, Secundulus, and Vivie Perpetua.

  7. Jul 30, 2024 · Perpetua and Felicitas in Spanish is that of Daniel Ruiz Bueno, through Internet Archive. 1 To set the stage for the text, in my lecture materials, I present the changes in the religious policy of the Roman Empire under the Emperor Septimius Severus that led to this particular martyrdom: the empire-wide imposition of worshiping the Sol Invictus ...

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