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Patron Saint of Expectant mothers

Felicity of Carthage is venerated as the patron saint of Expectant mothers — feast day March 7.

Felicity of Carthage

Felicity of Carthage

UnknownMarch 7, 203 AD · Feast day: March 7

Felicity was an enslaved African woman who gave birth in a Roman prison cell and was executed in the amphitheater at Carthage days later. Her bond with the noblewoman Perpetua, and their shared death on March 7, 203 AD, became one of the early Church's most powerful testimonies to the radical equality of faith.

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