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This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute, an apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Catholic Saints.

My name is Taylor Kemp.

I'm the director of Formed, and with me is Dr. Elizabeth Klein.

Dr. Klein, it's great to have you.

Thanks for having me.

Continuing to fill out our incredible saints calendar.

Today we are talking about Saints Perpetua and Felicity.

Dr. Klein, who are these saints?

So Saints, Perpetue and Felicity are martyrs.

They were martyred around the year 202. Very early. They're from Roman North Africa. So they were

martyred in this ancient city of Carthage, which is now in ruins, but is in modern day Tunisia.

And I just thought I would say a little bit about

North African Christianity in the early church. I think a lot of people don't know about it.

But in fact, almost all of our most famous early Christian writers in the West come from North

Africa. Augustine. So Turtallian, Cyprian, Augustine.

This is one of the most sort of famous early Christian texts where it describes the Passion

of Perpetual Phyllis.

Why is this such a hub of major Christian figures?

Who knows?

Christianity's vibrant there.

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