Felix

Saint Felix was bishop of Genoa in the fourth century and is counted among the first four bishops of the city, with Valentine, Syrus and Romulus. Neither the order in which they ruled nor their dates are known exactly; they are believed to belong to the fourth century, after the Edict of Milan of 313. The most commonly accepted sequence is Valentine, Felix, Syrus, Romulus.

Of Felix we have only the mention by Jacobus de Voragine in the Chronicon Januense, so he is the least known of the four. The relics of the four were first placed in the church of the Twelve Apostles, the first cathedral of Genoa (outside the walls), and then, wholly or in part, moved in 985 by Bishop John IV to the new cathedral of Saint Lawrence, where they rest beneath the high altar. Felix is venerated in the Catholic Church on 6 November (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.