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Venerable

Felix of Bilibio

A hermit at Bilibio in Hispania, teacher of Saint Aemilian, reposed around 540.

Reposed
5406th century

Life

Venerable Felix of Bilibio was a hermit in Roman Spain, at the fortress of Bilibio in present-⁠day La Rioja. He lived in the fifth or early sixth century; some lists give the year 540. The Life of Saint Aemilian, written by Braulio of Zaragoza in 635 to 640, tells that the young Aemilian came to him as to a most holy man and was taught by him how to guide his steps towards the Kingdom of heaven.

Honoured as a saint, he had his relics moved in 1090 from Bilibio to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is a saint of the undivided Church.