Saint Perpetua

the young mother of Carthage

Who was Saint Perpetua?

She was a young mother of Carthage, in North Africa, about twenty-two years old. Roman Martyrology, March 7; Passion of Perpetua and Felicity 2
In the year 203 she was arrested with other catechumens. Among them was Felicity, a young slave. Roman Martyrology, March 7; Catholic Encyclopedia, “Perpetua and Felicitas”
She told her father that she could not be called anything else: she was a Christian. She died a martyr with Felicity. Passion of Perpetua and Felicity 3; Roman Martyrology, March 7