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Perpetua (other)
Perpetua was a third-century Christian martyr. Perpetua or Perpétua may also refer to: People * Perpetua of Hippo (died c. 423), abbess and sister of Augustine of Hippo * Maria Perpétua (1790–1817), a Brazilian alleged witch * Perpétua Almeida (born 1964), Brazilian politician, banker and teacher * Perpetua Nkwocha (born 1976), Nigerian footballer * Perpetua Pope (1916–2013), Scottish landscape painter * Perpetua Sappa Konman (born 1972), Micronesian physician and politician * Perpetua Siyachitema (born 1983), Zimbabwean netball player Other uses * Perpetua (typeface), serif typeface designed by Eric Gill * Perpetua (film), ''Perpetua'' (film) or ''Love's Boomerang'', a 1922 crime film * Cape Perpetua, headland in Oregon, United States * Perpetua oilfield, Angola * Perpetua Press, a 1930s English printing press * Perpetua (DC Comics), fictional character from DC Comics See also * Lux perpetua (other) * Perpetual (other) * ''Esto perpetua'', the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perpetua
Perpetua and Felicity (; – ) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. Felicity, a slave woman imprisoned with her and pregnant at the time, was martyred with her. They were put to death along with others at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. The '' Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity'' narrates their death. According to this text, five people were arrested and executed in military games to celebrate emperor Septimius Severus's birthday. Along with Felicity and Perpetua, these included two free men, Saturninus and Secundulus, and an enslaved man named Revocatus; all were catechumens (Christians being instructed in the faith but not yet baptized.) To this group of five was added a sixth, Saturus, who voluntarily went before the magistrate and proclaimed himself a Christian. Perpetua's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
