MARTYRS "The two saints knelt down and waited for the iron shot ..." Perpetua and Felicitas martyred on March 7; 203 arena of Carthage by order of the prosecutor Ilariano (5th persecution). Recurrence for Roman Catholics on March 7; the Ambrosian rite on February 7; patron of mothers and pregnant women. Woodblock Accounts "Church History"; illustrated album series "For the religious culture of children" spread by the Catholic Youth Union; Italy 1928. (Colorized version of 36471)