Perpetua of Carthage: Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr: Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr

Perpetua of Carthage: Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr: Portrait of a Third-Century MartyrThis is a study of the life and times of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicity and their companions, all martyred at Carthage in A. D. 203. Unlike most early Christian saints, whose lives are often shrouded in legend and myth, Perpetua left an authentic prison diary, later completed by an anonymous eyewitness to her execution, that is now considered a classic of Christian, Latin and feminist literature. Perpetua was also unusual in that she was wealthy,