The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Felix I, bishop and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S00200

Reported Death Not Before

270

Reported Death Not After

275

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Bishops

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E00363	The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Felix I (bishop of Rome, S00200), tells how he instituted the custom of celebrating mass at the tombs of martyrs, and records Felix's burial in his own cemetery on the via Aurelia outside Rome (the second edition states that this was in a basilica he had built there), on 30 May [AD 274].
E00689	The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E01051	The Depositio Episcoporum, a list of the burials of the bishops of Rome deceased between 255 and 352, gives both the day of the year and the place of their burial; from the so-called Chronography of 354, compiled in Latin in Rome, c. 354.
E04587	Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (4.17), describes a vision, experienced by Gregory’s aunt, Tarsilla, of *Felix (probably Felix I or II, both bishops of Rome, S00200 and S00493). Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.
E05062	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 December.
E05068	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 29 December.
E05069	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 December.
E06982	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07896	The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Aurelia (now called saint Pancratius' gate) on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E08607	Numerous gold-glass vessels, found in the catacombs of Rome and datable to the 4th and early 5th c., depict apostles, martyrs and other saints. The Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008) are much the most frequently depicted figures, generally together as a pair; but other martyrs, almost all from Rome, and some biblical figures, are also shown.