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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]
Renowned for her pilgrimage to Palestine, she built churches, promoted Christian freedom, and preserved sacred sites, leaving a lasting legacy in early Christianity. [18] [19] Lucy (Saint & Martyr) c. 283 – 304 CE Syracuse: Christian virgin and martyr from Syracuse, Sicily, was born into nobility and vowed chastity and devotion to God.
Similarly, the phrase the Protomartyr (with no other qualification of country or region) can mean Saint Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian Church. Saint Thecla the Protomartyr, the first female martyr of the Christian Church, is known as "apostle and protomartyr among women". [1]
Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.
The first was The Martyrs of Carthage: a tale of the times of old, which was published in 1868 by Annie Webb-Peploe (writing as Mrs J.B. Webb). Another is Amy Peterson's Perpetua: A Bride, A Martyr, A Passion (ISBN 978-0972927642), published 2004. The third is Malcolm Lyon's The Bronze Ladder (ISBN 978-1905237517), published 2006.
Pages in category "1st-century Christian female saints" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ten thousand martyrs: 4th century Terentian: 2nd century Terenzio of Pesaro: c. 250 Tertius of Iconium: 1st century Thalassius of Syria: 5th century Thamel (martyr) 2nd century Theban Legion: 3rd century Thecla of Iconium: c. 1st century Theoclia: 4th century Theodora (Roman martyr) 2nd century Theodora and Didymus: 3rd or 4th century Theodore ...
Tertullian, in chapter 17 of his work On Baptism, writes: . But if the writings which wrongly go under Paul's name, claim Thecla's example as a license for women's teaching and baptizing, let them know that, in Asia, the presbyter who composed that writing, as if he were augmenting Paul's fame from his own store, after being convicted, and confessing that he had done it from love of Paul, was ...