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title: "Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: Feast Day March 7 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/
description: "Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, patron of mothers and expectant mothers. Remembered on March 7. Read their life in Bless."
---

Martyrs · Remembered on March 7

# Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity is remembered on March 7 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of mothers and expectant mothers.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [March 7](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/#7) |
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | c. 203 |
| Patron of | [mothers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#mothers), [expectant mothers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#expectant-mothers) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, March 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/#calendar) |

## Life

Vibia Perpetua, a twenty-two-year-old noblewoman of Carthage with a nursing baby, and Felicity, her pregnant slave, arrested together as catechumens. Perpetua’s prison diary — the earliest Christian writing we have from a woman’s hand — records her father’s pleading, her visions, and her calm refusal to be called anything other than what she was, a Christian.

Felicity gave birth two days before the games and went from childbirth to the amphitheater, from one shedding of blood to another. The two women, tossed by a mad heifer, exchanged the kiss of peace before the sword. Their names stand side by side in the Roman Canon.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes Sts. Perpetua and Felicity as patron of mothers and expectant mothers.

[Mothers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#mothers) [Expectant mothers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#expectant-mothers)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [Sts. Joachim and Anne](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joachim-and-anne/) mothers · July 26
- [St. Monica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-monica/) mothers · August 27

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Perpetua and Felicity. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, March 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/07/) | Fourth Sunday of Lent | Rose (or violet) | 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 · Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 · Ephesians 2:4-10 · John 3:16 · John 3:14-21 |
| [Tuesday, March 7, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/07/) | Tuesday of the First Week of Lent | Violet | Isaiah 55:10-11 · Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 · Matthew 4:4b · Matthew 6:7-15 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[March 6 St. Fridolin](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-fridolin/) [March 8 St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/)

[All the saints of March](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/) [Born on March 7?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#03-07) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

Remembered on March 7

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/#calendar)

In the app

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