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Felix of Nicosia, Blessed

FELICE DA NICOSIA, BEATO

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Also known as: Italian: Fra Felice da Nicosia

FELIX OF NICOSIA, Blessed. - Lay brother Capuchin of the Messina province, b. at Nicosia (Enna) on 5 Nov. 1715, entered the novitiate at Mistretta on 19 Oct. 1743, d. at Nicosia on 31 May 1787.

He set himself to imitate his fellow lay brother St. Felix of Cantalice; he humbly practiced a life of penances, of toil in the various manual offices and in begging; he was full of charity toward the poor, the sick and prisoners; he benefited souls with prayer and exhortation to do good; he was venerated as a thaumaturge. He was beatified by Leo XIII on 12 Feb. 1888. Feast on 1 June.

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BIBL.: Sacra Rituum Congregatio, Positiones super causa beatificationis et canonizationis servi Dei F. a N., Rome 1837-87; De Luca Gesualdo da Bronte, Vita del beato F. da Nicosia, Catania 1863; I. Felici, Bisoccia eroica. Vita del beato F. da Nicosia, Pisa 1940. Barino da Milano

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1133.

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Ilarino da Milano. “Felice da Nicosia, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1133. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/felice-da-nicosia-beato.

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Ilarino da Milano. “Felice da Nicosia, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1133. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/felice-da-nicosia-beato.

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  title     = {Felice da Nicosia, beato},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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