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Felicity is a feminine given name of English origin meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Latin word felicitas meaning " luck , good fortune". [ 1 ] It is also used as a form of the Latin name Felicitas, taken from the name of the Ancient Roman goddess Fortuna . [ 2 ]
Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 [6] – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman , said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. [ 7 ]
Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations, or are used to illustrate prophecies. [ 2 ] [ clarification needed ] The titles given to characters, locations, and entities in the Bible can differ across various English translations.
The traditional view has been that Perpetua, Felicity and the others were martyred owing to a decree of Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193–211). This is based on a reference to a decree Severus is said to have issued forbidding conversions to Judaism and Christianity, but this decree is known only from one source, the Augustan History, an unreliable mix of fact and fiction.
Felicitas Augusta holding a caduceus and a cornucopia, two symbols of health and wealth, on the reverse of an aureus issued under the emperor Valerian. In ancient Roman culture, felicitas (from the Latin adjective felix, "fruitful, blessed, happy, lucky") is a condition of divinely inspired productivity, blessedness, or happiness.
Felix, Felicity, Félicie Look up Felix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective felix , meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase tempora felicia , "happy times".
In the English-speaking world, beginning in the 16th century, the Puritans commonly expressed their values through creative names, many in the form of virtue names such as Grace, Felicity, Faith or Hope. [1] [2] These names have entered the standard British and American usage, without the religious connection.
Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as Felicity, is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus , on the Via Salaria on a 23 November. [ 2 ]