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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Felix III, bishop of Rome, ob. 492

Saint ID

S00785

Reported Death Not Before

492

Reported Death Not After

492

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01315The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Felix III (bishop of Rome, ob. 492, S00785), recounts his building of a basilica of *Agapitus (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00203), near the church of saint Laurence on the via Tiburtina outside Rome, and his burial at the basilica of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) [AD 492].