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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, bishop of Bourges, ob. c. 580

Saint ID

S01311

Reported Death Not Before

573

Reported Death Not After

585

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02763Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (100), tells of the tomb of *Felix (bishop of Bourges, ob. c. 580, S01311) in Bourges (central Gaul): miracles effected there attract devotees; twelve years after Felix's burial, the sarcophagus is given a new and finer lid and his body and clothing are found to be uncorrupted; dust scratched from the old lid cures fevers. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E0831535 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.