Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage, with the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus and Secundulus.
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.
The account of their martyrdom, partly written by Perpetua herself, is among the earliest Christian martyrdom narratives. They were thrown to wild beasts and then slain by the sword in Carthage at the beginning of the third century.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage is commemorated on February 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 14 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on February 1
Peter of Galatia
Venerable, Πέτρος ο εν Γαλατία
Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia, ascetic near Antioch.
Vendemianos of Bithynia
Venerable, Βενδιμιανός
Venerable Vendemianos, hermit of Mount Oxia in Bithynia and disciple of St. Auxentios.
Anastasios of Nafplio
Martyr, Αναστάσιος ο Ναυπλιεύς
New Martyr Anastasios the painter of Nafplio, who suffered under the Ottomans.
Name days: Anastasios, Anastasis, Tasos, Anastasius, Anastasia, Natasa, Tasia, Tasoula
Brigid of Ireland
Holy Woman, Βριγίτα της Ιρλανδίας
Venerable Brigid of Kildare, abbess and enlightener of Ireland.
Basil the Confessor of Thessaloniki
Hierarch, Βασίλειος Θεσσαλονίκης
St. Basil the Confessor, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, defender of the holy icons.
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