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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]
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.
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 ]
Venerated as a saint, her story of resistance and devotion has profoundly influenced Christian literature. [15] Felicity (Saint & Martyr) c. 182 – 203 CE Carthage: Christian martyr and enslaved woman, was executed with Perpetua under Septimius Severus. Imprisoned while pregnant, she prayed for an early delivery to join her companions in ...
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OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 20. March 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore.
There are a number of people venerated as saints within the Christian Church who are named only as Companions of another named saint. The following is an incomplete list of examples: Saints Perpetua and Felicity and Companions [1] Saints Donnan and Companions [2] Saint Ursula and (Eleven Thousand Virgin Martyr) Companions
Saint Felicity may refer to: Felicity of Rome (c. 101 - 165), saint numbered among the Christian martyrs; Perpetua and Felicity, martyred at Carthage