Sts. Perpetua and Felicity | Saints of the Day | March 7
SAINTS PERPETUA AND FELICITY
MARTYRS
Perpetua, a noblewoman and mother of a nursing child, and her slave Felicity, far advanced in pregnancy, died at Carthage in the amphitheater during the persecutions of Septimus Severus in the 3rd century. They had been imprisoned before being baptized. Perpetua herself wrote a description of the prison, and her words were collected by Tertullian. The two women died tied to a net, torn in pieces by a bullock.
In art, they are usually depicted together, sometimes with the animal.
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PROTECTOR: Felicity is the protector of women in childbirth.
NAMES: Both names are of Latin origin. Perpetua indicates eternal faith in Christ, felicity means “happiness.”
Saints Perpetua and Felicity.
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