The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity | Catholic Culture Audiobooks

“Possibly such a woman could not have been slain unless she herself had willed it, because she was feared by the impure spirit.”
This is the first-hand account of the events leading up to and including the martyrdom of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, documented by Perpetua herself while in prison. Alongside her testimony is another text written by one of her companions, Saturus, as well as an eyewitness account of the executions themselves.
Originally written in Latin, some have suggested that this text was edited by Tertullian, though this remains unknown.
Additional narration provided by Karina Majewski.
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Way of the Fathers Ep. 15-Perpetua: A Rare Female Voice from Antiquity www.catholiccu...
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[@marknovetske4738]

Thanks for your work....Viva Cristo Rey

[@eileenwilkerson7273]

St. Perpetua and St. Felicity pray for us for confidence and courage.

[@nildarodriguez3974]

Listening to the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity and for not worshiping the bovine beasts, has brought to mind perhaps (not sure) why Catholic Spain in an arena tortured and later devoured the bulls. Ole Espana! Saint Perpetua and Felicity and other martyrs, pray for us.

[@JoshN91]

Thank you for posting this! Had to go to the internet archives to find a bad LibriVox version of this yesterday. I was pleased to log into KZbin this morning to see you guys did one! Since I was only half way through I am just going to start again! Haha

[@carinn.1402]

Definitely not for background listening but still interested to hear on a quiet morning

[@jy7383]

THIS COULD NOT BE MORE UNLIKE WHAT WE KNOW OF THESE MARTYRS Who was Tertulian - i have heard of him. ? He cannot be Catholic.

[@CatholicCulturePod]

This is St. Perpetua's own journal of the events leading up to her martyrdom - generally accepted as really having been written by her. Another person edited it and added the details of her final suffering and death (which obviously she herself couldn't have written). This person is unknown, but some people think it was Tertullian, who was a Catholic and one of the Church Fathers, though he later fell into schism. This text has been passed down in the Catholic Church for centuries - it is our primary source for information about these martyrs, so I don't know what it is you would object to.