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Perpetua

Carthaginian Christian writer and martyr

SaintAncient RomePre-congregation

Feast: 6 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
180
Died
203
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 – 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. Felicity, a slave woman imprisoned with her and pregnant at the time, was martyred with her. They were put to death along with others at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q12871157 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Perpetua (CC BY-SA)

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