Perpetua

Perpetua (born c. 182—died March 7, 203, Carthage [now a residential suburb of Tunis, Tunisia]; feast day March 7) was a Christian martyr who wrote The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death in the Roman arena. Both her martyrdom and its account have been highly revered by ancient and modern Christians. Her text is one of the rare...