Perpetua and Felicitas

Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas were martyred in Carthage, North Africa, on March 7, 203 A.D. (or 202 A.D.), together with three companions, under the rule of Septimius Severus.

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Sources and external links

• The prison diary of St. Perpetua (Tertullian refers to the Acts of Perpetua in his treatise on the soul--De anima ch. 55)
• Early Christian Writings: Acts of Perpetua
• The Passio Perpetuae
• Medieval Sourcebook: The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity
• Henry Wace, A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D. 1911
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua
• St. Perpetua and Acts of Perpetua in Wikipedia
• Listen to a BBC dramatisation of the martyrdom of Perpetua (RealAudio)