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The Prison Memoirs of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua’s Story Thomas Heffernan

The Prison Memoirs of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua’s Story Thomas Heffernan (University of Tennessee, Knoxville ) Tuesday 20 November , 5-6.30pm Ertegun House, 37A St Giles’.

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The Prison Memoirs of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua’s Story Thomas Heffernan

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  1. The Prison Memoirs of a Roman Christian Martyr: Perpetua’sStory Thomas Heffernan (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Tuesday 20 November , 5-6.30pm Ertegun House, 37A St Giles’ Professor Heffernan is the author of The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity (OUP 2012), a new edition, translation, and commentary of this remarkable text – an account, told in the first person, of the imprisonment and condemnation of a young Christian, Perpetua, and her slave Felicitas. This lecture is being given as a prelude to the very first full performance of ‘Perpetua’, a dramatic cantata by Nick Bicât, based on the account of Perpetua’s imprisonment, to be given in Christ Church Cathedral on Thursday 22 November. For details of this musical event, visit www.cantatadramatica.com Attendance at the lecture on Tuesday 20 November is free, but space is limited, so please register for this event by emailing: administrator@ertegun.ox.ac.uk. Deadline for registration is Monday 19 November.

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