- Perpetua and Felicity - Wikipedia
Perpetua described the physical and emotional torments that she suffered in the prison leading up to her martyrdom Perpetua suffered physically due to the heat, rough prison guards, and the cessation of regular breastfeeding
- Perpetua | Virginal Mother, African Woman, Roman Empire | Britannica
Perpetua 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
- The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas - PBS
Read more about the story of Perpetua from our interviews with New Testament scholars A number of young catechumens were arrested, Revocatus and his fellow slave Felicitas, Saturninus and
- Perpetua: An Early Christian Martyr - Plough
Perpetua, a young Christian in the African city of Carthage, was nearing the end of the time of training that every new believer received She and several other new believers – Saturninus, Secundulus, Revocatus, and Felicitas – were preparing for baptism
- Perpetua and Felicity: The first female Christian martyrs to record . . .
Among those arrested during this period, two Christian women from Carthage, Perpetua and Felicity, became especially well known Their arrest, trial, and execution were recorded in one of the earliest remaining Christian writings, probably written by a woman
- Hidden women of history: Saint Perpetua, a young mother put to death in . . .
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
- Who were the historical figures Perpetua and Felicity? - Bible Hub
Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early third century AD in Carthage (located in modern-day Tunisia) Their martyrdom is dated to around AD 203, a time when Christians in North Africa faced sporadic yet severe persecution under the Roman Empire
- Perpetua and Felicity - New World Encyclopedia
Perpetua was a 22 year old noblewoman and nursing mother, while her companion Felicitas (or Felicity), an expectant mother, was her slave They suffered at Carthage in the Roman Province of Africa around 203 C E , together with several other martyrs to the faith
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