The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in late antiquity /
Cobb, L. Stephanie,editor,translator.
Jacobs, Andrew S.,1973-translator.
"This volume gathers all available evidence for the martyrdoms of Perpetua and Felicitas, two Christian women who became, in the centuries after their deaths in 203 CE, revered throughout the Roman world. Whereas they are now known primarily through a popular third-century account, numerous lesser-known texts attest to the profound place they held in the lives of Christians in late antiquity. This book brings together narratives in their original languages with accompanying English translations, including many related entries from calendars, martyrologies, sacramentaries, and chronicles, as well as artistic representations and inscriptions. As a whole, the collection offers readers a robust view of the veneration of Perpetua and Felicitas over the course of six centuries, examining the diverse ways that a third-century Latin tradition was appreciated, appropriated, and transformed as it circulated throughout the late antique world"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General introduction -- Part One. The accounts of the martyrdom: Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas (Latin) ; Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas (Greek) ;  Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas -- Part Two. The interpretations of the martyrdom: Tertullian -- Augustine -- Pseudo-Augustine -- Treatise on the Feast Day of Perpetua and Felicitas -- Quodvultdeus -- Pseudo-Fulgentius -- References to the Passion in other martyr accounts -- Part Three. The celebrations of the martyrs: Martyrs' burials of the Codex-Calendar of 354 -- Syriac martyrology -- Liber genealogus -- Martyrology of Jerome -- Fasti Vindobonenses priores and posteriores -- Prosper -- Calendar of Willibrord -- The Gelasian Sacramentary -- Bede -- Martyrology of Tallaght -- Félire of Oengus the Culdee -- Part Four. The representation of the martyrs -- Arcosolium of the Coemeterium Maius (Rome, Italy) -- Basilica Maiorum (Tunis, Tunisia) and Victor of Vita -- Arcosolium of Saints Marcus and Marcellianus (Rome, Italy) -- Sarcophagus (La Bureba, Spain) -- Basilica Sant' Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy) -- Archiepiscopal Chapel (Ravenna, Italy) -- Basilica Eufrasiana (Poreč, Croatia).
"This volume gathers all available evidence for the martyrdoms of Perpetua and Felicitas, two Christian women who became, in the centuries after their deaths in 203 CE, revered throughout the Roman world. Whereas they are now known primarily through a popular third-century account, numerous lesser-known texts attest to the profound place they held in the lives of Christians in late antiquity. This book brings together narratives in their original languages with accompanying English translations, including many related entries from calendars, martyrologies, sacramentaries, and chronicles, as well as artistic representations and inscriptions. As a whole, the collection offers readers a robust view of the veneration of Perpetua and Felicitas over the course of six centuries, examining the diverse ways that a third-century Latin tradition was appreciated, appropriated, and transformed as it circulated throughout the late antique world"--
Perpetua, Saint, -203.
Felicity, Saint, -203.
Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.
Christian women martyrs
Christian women martyrs
Women martyrs
Martyrdom