L. Stephanie Cobb is George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts and Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Narratives.  Andrew S. Jacobs is a historian of early Christianity based outside Boston, Massachusetts. His most recent book, Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity, won the Philip Schaff Prize from the American Society of Church History.

"Cobb’s book is a valuable introduction to the reception history of stories related to the martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions, especially for students and others new to the traditions surrounding their cult."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionPart One. The Accounts of the Martyrdom1. Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas (Latin) 2. Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas (Greek)3. Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas AActs of Perpetua and Felicitas BPart Two. The Interpretations of the Martyrdom4. TertullianOn the Soul 55 (excerpt)5. Augustine Sermon 280 Sermon 281Sermon 282Sermon 282auctOn the Nature and Origin of the Soul (excerpt)Expositions on the Psalms (excerpt)Sermon 159A6. Pseudo-AugustineSermon 394Sermon 394AOn the Feast Day of Saint Victoria (Mai 66)7. Treatise on the Feast Day of Perpetua and Felicitas8. Quodvultdeus On the Barbaric Age I9. Pseudo-FulgentiusOn Job and Blessed Perpetua10. References to the Passion in Other Martyr Accounts Martyrdom of Polyeuctus Martyrdom of Procopius of ScythopolisPart Three. The Celebrations of the Martyrs11. Martyrs' Burials of the Codex-Calendar of 35412. Syriac Martyrology13. Liber genealogus14. Martyrology of Jerome 15. Fasti Vindobonenses priores and posteriores 16. Prosper Chronicle17. Calendar of Willibrord 18. The Gelasian Sacramentary19. BedeMartyrology of BedeOn the Reckoning of Time20. Martyrology of Tallaght21. Félire of Oengus the Culdee Part Four. The Representations of the Martyrs22. Arcosolium of the Coemeterium Maius (Rome, Italy)23. Basilica Maiorum (Tunis, Tunisia) and Victor of Vita24. Arcosolium of Saints Marcus and Marcellianus (Rome, Italy)25. Sarcophagus (La Bureba, Spain)26. Basilica Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)27. Archiepiscopal Chapel (Ravenna, Italy)28. Basilica Eufrasiana (Poreč, Croatia)Index

L. Stephanie Cobb is George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts and Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Narratives.  Andrew S. Jacobs is a historian of early Christianity based outside Boston, Massachusetts. His most recent book, Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity, won the Philip Schaff Prize from the American Society of Church History.

"Cobb’s book is a valuable introduction to the reception history of stories related to the martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions, especially for students and others new to the traditions surrounding their cult."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionPart One. The Accounts of the Martyrdom1. Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas (Latin) 2. Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas (Greek)3. Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas AActs of Perpetua and Felicitas BPart Two. The Interpretations of the Martyrdom4. TertullianOn the Soul 55 (excerpt)5. Augustine Sermon 280 Sermon 281Sermon 282Sermon 282auctOn the Nature and Origin of the Soul (excerpt)Expositions on the Psalms (excerpt)Sermon 159A6. Pseudo-AugustineSermon 394Sermon 394AOn the Feast Day of Saint Victoria (Mai 66)7. Treatise on the Feast Day of Perpetua and Felicitas8. Quodvultdeus On the Barbaric Age I9. Pseudo-FulgentiusOn Job and Blessed Perpetua10. References to the Passion in Other Martyr Accounts Martyrdom of Polyeuctus Martyrdom of Procopius of ScythopolisPart Three. The Celebrations of the Martyrs11. Martyrs' Burials of the Codex-Calendar of 35412. Syriac Martyrology13. Liber genealogus14. Martyrology of Jerome 15. Fasti Vindobonenses priores and posteriores 16. Prosper Chronicle17. Calendar of Willibrord 18. The Gelasian Sacramentary19. BedeMartyrology of BedeOn the Reckoning of Time20. Martyrology of Tallaght21. Félire of Oengus the Culdee Part Four. The Representations of the Martyrs22. Arcosolium of the Coemeterium Maius (Rome, Italy)23. Basilica Maiorum (Tunis, Tunisia) and Victor of Vita24. Arcosolium of Saints Marcus and Marcellianus (Rome, Italy)25. Sarcophagus (La Bureba, Spain)26. Basilica Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)27. Archiepiscopal Chapel (Ravenna, Italy)28. Basilica Eufrasiana (Poreč, Croatia)Index

L. Stephanie Cobb is George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts and Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Narratives.  Andrew S. Jacobs is a historian of early Christianity based outside Boston, Massachusetts. His most recent book, Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity, won the Philip Schaff Prize from the American Society of Church History.

"Cobb’s book is a valuable introduction to the reception history of stories related to the martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions, especially for students and others new to the traditions surrounding their cult."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionPart One. The Accounts of the Martyrdom1. Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas (Latin) 2. Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas (Greek)3. Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas AActs of Perpetua and Felicitas BPart Two. The Interpretations of the Martyrdom4. TertullianOn the Soul 55 (excerpt)5. Augustine Sermon 280 Sermon 281Sermon 282Sermon 282auctOn the Nature and Origin of the Soul (excerpt)Expositions on the Psalms (excerpt)Sermon 159A6. Pseudo-AugustineSermon 394Sermon 394AOn the Feast Day of Saint Victoria (Mai 66)7. Treatise on the Feast Day of Perpetua and Felicitas8. Quodvultdeus On the Barbaric Age I9. Pseudo-FulgentiusOn Job and Blessed Perpetua10. References to the Passion in Other Martyr Accounts Martyrdom of Polyeuctus Martyrdom of Procopius of ScythopolisPart Three. The Celebrations of the Martyrs11. Martyrs' Burials of the Codex-Calendar of 35412. Syriac Martyrology13. Liber genealogus14. Martyrology of Jerome 15. Fasti Vindobonenses priores and posteriores 16. Prosper Chronicle17. Calendar of Willibrord 18. The Gelasian Sacramentary19. BedeMartyrology of BedeOn the Reckoning of Time20. Martyrology of Tallaght21. Félire of Oengus the Culdee Part Four. The Representations of the Martyrs22. Arcosolium of the Coemeterium Maius (Rome, Italy)23. Basilica Maiorum (Tunis, Tunisia) and Victor of Vita24. Arcosolium of Saints Marcus and Marcellianus (Rome, Italy)25. Sarcophagus (La Bureba, Spain)26. Basilica Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)27. Archiepiscopal Chapel (Ravenna, Italy)28. Basilica Eufrasiana (Poreč, Croatia)Index