The classic Latin attack on Marcion's rejection of the Old Testament and two-god theology.
Perpetua of Carthage
c. 181 – 203 · b. Carthage
LaymanMartyr
Quick facts
- Born
- c. 181, Carthage
- Died
- 203, Carthage
- Region
- africa
- Era
- ante nicene
- Significance
- Notable(2/4)
- Also known as
- Vibia Perpetua · Perpetua
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Young noblewoman of Carthage, c. 22 years old and a nursing mother, martyred in the amphitheatre during the persecution under Septimius Severus.
- Primary source
- Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis
Young noblewoman of Carthage, c. 22 years old and a nursing mother, martyred in the amphitheatre during the persecution under Septimius Severus. The Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis preserves what is presented as her own first-person prison diary together with that of her companion Saturus and an editor's narrative of their deaths. It is one of the very few first-person texts attributed to a woman from Christian antiquity and a foundational document of Latin martyr literature.
Recommended reading near Perpetua
A cover-visible starting point chosen from the curated reading path, either by this figure or by their era.
Chain to Jesus
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Sources for biography
- Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis primary
- Augustine, Sermons 280-282 primary
- ODCC s.v. Perpetua and Felicitas, SS. secondary
documented connections(1)
- cited (incoming) Augustine of HippoAugustine preached three surviving sermons (280-282) on the feast of Perpetua and Felicity at Carthage and Hippo.Augustine, Sermons 280, 281, 282