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The traditional view has been that Perpetua, Felicity and the others were martyred owing to a decree of Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193–211). This is based on a reference to a decree Severus is said to have issued forbidding conversions to Judaism and Christianity, but this decree is known only from one source, the Augustan History, an unreliable mix of fact and fiction.
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 ]
Martyrs Perpetua of Carthage, and the catechumens Satyrus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundus, and Felicity, at Carthage (202-203) [1] [16] [note 3] (see also: March 7 - West) Saint Severus , Bishop of Ravenna, attended the Council of Sardica in 344 (348) [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ note 4 ]
Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as Felicity, is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus , on the Via Salaria on a 23 November. [ 2 ]
Scillitan Martyrs [25] Perpetua and Felicity [26] Ptolemaeus and Lucius [27] Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, with Blandina and several others, the "Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne" [28] [29] Pope Fabian [30] Sebastian [31] Shmona and Gurya [32] Agnes of Rome [33] Felix and Adauctus [34] Marcellinus and Peter [35] Forty Martyrs of Sebaste [36] Euphemia [37 ...
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
Saint Felicity may refer to: Felicity of Rome (c. 101 - 165), saint numbered among the Christian martyrs; Perpetua and Felicity, martyred at Carthage
[a] The Apology of the Augsburg Confession states that the remembrance of the saints has three parts: thanksgiving to God, the strengthening our faith, and the imitation of the saints' holy living. [b] [3] As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year.