Patronage

Patron Saint of Ranchers

2 saints are venerated as patrons of Ranchers, led by Vibia Perpetua (feast day March 7).

Vibia Perpetua

Vibia Perpetua

Approx. 182 AD — March 7, 203 AD · Feast day: March 7

Vibia Perpetua was a young noblewoman of Roman Carthage who chose death over apostasy in 203 CE, leaving behind an infant son and a prison diary that ranks among the earliest surviving Christian writings by a woman. She and her enslaved companion Felicity were attacked by a wild heifer in the arena on March 7; Perpetua, mortally wounded, guided the gladiator's trembling hand to finish her execution.

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Felicity of Carthage

Felicity of Carthage

Unknown — March 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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