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Feast: March 6. The record of the <Passion of St. Perpetua, St. Felicitas, and their Companions> is one of the great treasures of martyr literature, an authentic document preserved for us in the actual words of the martyrs and their friends.
The feast day of Perpetua and Felicitas, March 7, soon came to be celebrated even outside Africa, and by the fourth century these African martyrs were venerated publicly at Rome. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) wrote sermons expanding on the young Saint Perpetua's words.
Perpetua’s account was reframed, in order to tell a particular narrative of feminine weakness. Tertullian and the Bishop of Hippo both sought to create a unified front of Christian doctrine in part by controlling the narratives of martyrs and saints, leading to the retelling and reframing of Perpetua and Felicitas’ martyrologies.
Sep 23, 2016 · In the early fifth century, Augustine of Hippo delivered three sermons on the feast day of Perpetua and Felicity. 1 These sermons, which represent the next step in the story of St. Perpetua, demonstrate how the famous theologian interpreted Perpetua’s story for his audience, turning it to an example of his theological positions of gender and ...
Perpetua of Hippo. Not to be confused with Perpetua of Carthage. Perpetua (died c. 423) was a late Roman abbess, the daughter of Saint Monica and Patricius, and the younger sister of Augustine of Hippo .
many sermons, as Bishop Augustine of Hippo knew.' The Acts of SS. Perpetua 'Augustine Sermons 280-82 (P.L. 38. 1280-86); Tertullian de An. 55. 4 cites Perpetua's testimony as evidence for the privileged position of martyrs in heaven. This paper is based on discussions with Dr. JoAnn Fineman and Susan Miller Havens. I am
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