A baptismal name for a boy
Felix
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Felix
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Saint Felix IV of RomeSeptember 22Bishop of Rome from 526 to 530, chosen with the support of King Theodoric the Ostrogoth.
Saint Felix I of RomeDecember 30Bishop of Rome from 269 to 274, a Roman by birth, successor of Dionysius.
Saint Felix III of RomeFebruary 25Bishop of Rome from 483 to 492, who rejected the Henotikon, leading to the Acacian schism.
Confessor Felix of NolaJanuary 14Priest of Nola near Naples who gave his goods to the poor and was tortured in the persecution of Decius.- Saint Felix of ByzantiumApril 15Bishop of Byzantium from 136 to 141, in the reign of the emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius.
Saint Felix of DunwichMarch 8First bishop of the kingdom of East Anglia, credited with bringing Christianity there; died in 647..JPG)
Saint Felix of NantesJuly 7Bishop of Nantes in the sixth century, who died in 584 and is venerated as a saint.
Venerable Felix of RhuysMarch 4Breton Benedictine hermit and abbot who refounded Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Abbey; he died in 1038.
Hieromartyr Felix of Massa MartanaOctober 30Born at Massa Martana and baptized by Saint Pontian, bishop of Todi; honored as a hieromartyr.- Saint Felix of MetzFebruary 21Third Bishop of Metz, from the early centuries of Christianity in Gaul.
- Saint Felix of LuniThird bishop of Luni in Liguria; he signed the decisions of the Roman synod of 465.
- Hieromartyr Felix of SpoletoBishop of Spoleto, beheaded under Diocletian and Maximian around 304.
Questions
The name day of Felix is September 22, the feast of Saint Felix IV of Rome. It is also kept on December 30, February 25, January 14, April 15, March 8, July 7, March 4, October 30.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Felix, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Felix is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Felix IV of Rome as patron.