Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are among the female saints included in the First Eucharistic Prayer, the Roman Canon, because they were martyrs. The account of their deaths, written at least in part ...

The historical St. Perpetua herself could not have looked more resigned and bowed down in meek surrender than our modern saint. First, her hair was taken out of crimp and frizzed in conformity ...

The martyr in question is Vibia Perpetua, who lived during the second and early third century and suffered for her religious beliefs. She and a slave woman named Felicity were both part of a group ...