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The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas

The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas is an important piece of Christian literature that dates from the early third century. The text, an amalgamated piece, is constructed out of the diary of Perpetua, a twenty-one year old woman who was born to a wealthy Roman family from Carthage, North Africa. To this diary a later editor has attached a brief introduction and, after the diary itself, a vision of one of her companions in martyrdom, a man named Saturus. In addition, the editor includes a description of the childbirth undergone by Perpetua’s friend and slave girl, Felicitas. The whole piece concludes with a few brief details of the martyrs’ last days and a detailed description of their deaths in the arena on March 7, 203.