Perpetua
ancestor Christian single tradition · 1
Perpetua, also known as Vibia Perpetua, was a Christian martyr of the third century who died around 203 CE. She 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. She was arrested as a catechumen and executed in military games at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 203
- Historical notes
- Martyred c. 203 CE in Carthage during military games celebrating Caesar Geta's birthday; her first-person narrative was published posthumously.
Relationships
- allied with
- Felicity, Saturninus, Secundulus, Revocatus, Saturus, Felicitas
- enemy of
- the devil
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Saints Felicitas and Perpetua are among the martyrs commemorated by name in the Roman Canon of the Mass. The feast day of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, 7 March, was celebrated across the Roman Empire and was entered in the Philocalian Calendar”
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