Perpetua, a wealthy Roman and young mother, was a catechumen who was thrown into prison because she refused to make a sacrifice to the Emperor's prosperity. During her time in prison, before her trial, Perpetua was baptised and had fully converted to Christianity against the objections of her father. After her baptism, her brother told her that she had the right to ask God for a vision to show her whether her imprisonment is a passion or a deliverance. The next day, according to her vision, Perpetua interpreted it to mean that she would not be delivered from prison. Although she was martyred for the sake of Christianity, the documented account of her time in prison, which begins with the Spirit speaking, has become a Montanist document. The
