Name
Felix, martyr of Gerona
Saint ID
S00408
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00641 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (91), tells how in Gerona (north-east Hispania), *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408) thwarted an attempt to rob his church by appearing to the thief and deceiving him. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00642 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (91), tells of an adviser of King Alaric of the Visigoths (r. 484-507), miraculously blinded for suggesting the king demolish the top of a church housing relics of *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408) in Narbonne (south-west Gaul). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00801 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IV) on the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-eastern Hispania, S00485), lists the saintly patrons of various places in Hispania, Gaul and North Africa, who will be presented by their cities at the Last Judgement, and singles out Zaragoza for special praise, because of the number of its martyrs. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E01798 | Valerius, hermit of Bierzo (north-west Hispania), in his Replicatio sermonum, mentions the construction of a basilica in Bierzo, dedicated to a martyr Felix (probably the martyr of Gerona, S00408), on the mountain in which a pagan shrine stood before; all in Valerius' lifetime. Written in Latin, near the end of the 7th century. | E02332 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (9.6), recounts how a false holy man, claiming to have relics from Hispania of *Vincent (deacon of Zaragoza and martyr of Valencia, S00290) and *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408), had appeared in Tours in around 580. After behaving with extreme arrogance towards Gregory, he left for Paris, where he attracted a following until imprisoned by Bishop Ragnemod, who destroyed his false relics. Escaping, he entered the Parisian church of *Julian (martyr of Brioude, S00035). Gregory mentions the existence of other such false saints, who attracted followings. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/594. | E04900 | 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 1 August. | E04905 | 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 2 August. | E05057 | Hymn in honour of *Cucuphas (martyr of Barcelona, S00502) composed in Latin in Spain, possibly in the 7th c.; also mentions the cult in Gerona (north-west Hispania) of *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408). | E05932 | Hymn in honour of *Felix (martyr of Gerona, Spain S00408) composed in Latin in Hispania, presumably in the 7th c. | E07465 | Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo in his On the Lives of the Famous Men, written in Latin in 657/667, writes that Bishop Nonnitus of Girona dedicated himself to the worship of the tomb of *Felix (martyr of Girona, S00408). | E08256 | Latin inscription recording the presence of relics of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Felix (possibly the martyr of Gerona, S00408), and *Vincentius (probably the deacon of Zaragoza and martyr of Valencia, S00290). Found near Calama (Numidia, central North Africa). Probably 6th/7th c. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08525 | The Confession of *Leocadia (virgin and confessor of Toledo, S01367) mentions other martyrs of Hispania as Leocadia's peers. Written in Latin in Hispania, probably in the 7th c. |
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