Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Felix, Bishop of Trier, Saint

FELICE, VESCOVO DI TREVIRI, SANTO

Feast day: 26 March

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FELIX, Bishop of Trier, Saint. - He was elected on the occasion of the Council assembled at Trier in 385 for the Priscillianist controversy, succeeding Britton. Sulpicius Severus (Dial., III, 13, 15) praises him as a holy man and states that in other times he would have been a most worthy bishop.

Around him, however, the party of the heretics gathered, giving rise to a brief schism. After 12 years of episcopate and struggles, he renounced the bishopric, withdrawing to do penance in a monastery. He died around 400 and was buried in a church of Trier, which he himself had built, and where he was also venerated as a saint. He is commemorated in the Martyr. Romanum on 26 March.

Bibliography4 works

BIBL.: Tillemont, VIII, p. 511 ff.; Acta SS. Martii, III, Paris 1865, pp. 619-23; Fliche-Martin-Fruse, III, p. 476 ff.; Martyr. Romanum, p. 114.

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By Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1137.

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Amore, Agostino. “Felice, vescovo di treviri, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1137. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/felice-vescovo-di-treviri-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Felice, vescovo di treviri, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1137. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/felice-vescovo-di-treviri-santo.

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  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Felice, vescovo di treviri, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1137},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/felice-vescovo-di-treviri-santo}
}

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