Female Martyrs In Medieval Christianity
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The persecutions of Christians by Rome under Marcus Arelius condemned many innocent souls simply because they no longer chose to soley worship the cult of the emperor. Instead they placed their faith in a new religion which stressed the importance of love, charity, hope, temperance, courage, and fortitude. Many of the Christians during the 2nd century AD, such as Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua and the marytrs at Lyons, upheld these christian virtues without regard for their lives. What was even more countercultural than disobeying Roman law by practicing christianity and martyrdom was the fact that many of these brave souls were women, a section of society at the time that held few rights and priveledges and were legal made inferior to men. The female Martyrs at Lyons and Sts. Pertetua and Felicitas therefore not only made a grave statement about the strength of their faith, but they...