Perpetua’s name day is February 1, the feast of Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 14 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on February 1.
The saint behind the name
Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage
February 1, Holy Woman, Περπέτουα και Φιλικητάτη
St. Perpetua was a young noblewoman of Carthage, a nursing mother, who was imprisoned together with her servant Felicity and the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus and Secundulus during the persecution under Septimius Severus. Felicity gave birth in prison shortly before the group was led into the arena.
Also celebrating on February 1
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
What to say on a name day
The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.
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