Felec of Cornwall

Saint Felec of Cornwall (also called Felix) was an obscure saint of Cornwall who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is venerated in the Western Church and remembered on 20 November in the Western calendar.

The church at Phillack, near Hayle, is dedicated to him. His name appears as Felec in a 10th-⁠century codex kept in the Vatican. In later times local people mistook him for Saint Felicitas of Rome.

According to local tradition the saint had the gift of making himself understood by lions, cats and other felines. Some have identified him with Felix, a legendary king of Cornwall and father of Mark, but that link appears only in very late texts, and the king seems to be a mythical figure. No other sure facts about his life survive.