Perpetua of Carthage Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr
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Full Title

Perpetua of Carthage Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr
Author(s)

William Farina
Edition
ISBN

9780786482634, 9780786437139
Publisher

McFarland
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This 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, educated, married, and a young mother. The book includes the first English translations of French archaeological scholarship covering the discovery of the martyrs’ tombs.

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