Name
Felix II, bishop and, supposedly, martyr of Rome, ob. 365
Saint ID
S00493
Number in BH
BHL 2857
Reported Death Not Before
365
Reported Death Not After
365
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | 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. | E01272 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of Felix II (bishop and, supposedly, martyr of Rome, ob. 365, S00493), tells how he condemned the emperor Constantius as a heretic, and suffered martyrdom; his body was secretly buried in the basilica which he (Felix) had built on the via Aurelia outside Rome, on 15 November [AD 365]. | E02495 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Felix II (bishop and martyr of Rome, ob. 365, S00493) narrates Felix's election to the bishopric of Rome after the exile of pope Liberius (352-366); Felix's condemnation of Arians in a council; his building of a basilica on the via Portuensis; his loss of the episcopate and Liberius' return; the persecutions that follow, and Felix's martyrdom and burial at the second milestone on the via Aurelia. Written presumably in Rome, perhaps during the Laurentian schism (498-506). | 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. | 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. |
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