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Sts. '''Perpetua and Felicitas''' were [[Martyr|martyred]] in Carthage, North Africa, on [[March 7]], 203 A.D. (or 202), together with three companions.

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==Sources and external links==
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/perpetua.html The prison diary of St. Perpetua] ([[Tertullian]] refers to the ''Acts of Perpetua'' in his treatise on the soul--''De anima'' ch. 55)
* [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/actsperpetua.html Early Christian Writings]: ''Acts of Perpetua''
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06029a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'']: Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua
* [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html Medieval Sourcebook:] ''The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity''
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.toc.html?term=perpetua Henry Wace, ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D.'' 1911]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetua St. Perpetua and ''Acts of Perpetua'' in Wikipedia]