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Felicity

companion of Perpetua

SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation

Feast: 7 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

200

Died

203

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Felicity (Felicitas) was a noble Roman lady who, according to her Acts, was imprisoned with her seven sons for their faith and stood firm before the prefect. It is historically certain that she and the seven martyrs called her sons suffered for the Christian faith, probably in the late second century.

She was buried in the catacomb of Maximus; St Gregory the Great preached on her feast in the basilica over her tomb.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

A mother who died for Christ with her sons.

Connected on this site

Perpetua and Felicity Saint
“Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Felicitas
Wikidata Q11697793 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Felicitas (martyr) (CC BY-SA)

Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.