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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 ]
Opening page of The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 577, p. 165 (9th/10th centuries).. The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Passio sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis) is a diary by Vibia Perpetua describing her imprisonment as a Christian in 203, completed after her death by a redactor. [1]
Perpetua was an abbess of a community of consecrated virgins in Hippo, [2] This monastery was probably close to his own in Hippo, [9] probably in behalf of Augustine. [10] Augustine and Perpetua's nieces joined this religious foundation. [11] The monastery was also well known for rescuing foundlings. [12]
Perpetua (Saint & Martyr) c. 182 – 203 CE Carthage: Christian martyr from Carthage, was persecuted under Septimius Severus. Her prison diary, The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, is one of the earliest Christian writings by a woman. Venerated as a saint, her story of resistance and devotion has profoundly influenced Christian literature.
English: Stainde-glass window of St Perpetua of Carthage (church of Notre-Dame of Vierzon, France, 19th century): martyrdom of St Pepetua and her fellows in the stadium of Carthage; saint Felicity on her left
Perpetua was a mother, and her own father attempted many times to convince her to renounce her faith and be freed, however she did not. Saturus, another Christian who was jailed with them, and Perpetua recorded the events in the prison and published this book, Passion of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicitas, and their Companions.
The crypt where St Felicitas was laid to rest was later enlarged into a subterranean chapel, and was rediscovered in 1885. In the early Middle Ages there was a chapel in honour of St Felicitas (Felicity) in an ancient Roman edifice near the ruins of the Baths of Titus. Some of her relics are in the Capuchin church at Montefiascone, Tuscany.
It is the oldest church in Beverly Hills. [6] In 1959, it was renovated, and a new marble main altar and two side altars were added. [2] [4] Sealed in each altar were the relics of Saints Felicitas and Perpetua and Saint Vibiana, patroness of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. [2]