Mar 7, 2017
St. Perpetua was a young, educated mother from a noble family in Carthage. She was a 22-year old with an infant son who refused to sacrifice to pagan god. St. Felicity was a slave and catechumen, eight months pregnant at the time of her arrest. The two of them, along with three companions, were imprisoned for their Christian faith in the early 200s. St. Felicity gave birth to a daughter during captivity (execution of pregnant women was forbidden). A few days later, all were taken to an amphipheater for public execution. Here, Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were beheaded while the others were killed by beasts.