Felix of Bourges

Saint Felix of Bourges was bishop of Bourges in Gaul in the second half of the sixth century and reposed around 580.

Little is known of his life. He was consecrated bishop around 560 by Saint Germanus of Paris and took part in the fourth Council of Paris in 573. The poet Venantius Fortunatus addressed a poem to him about a golden vessel he had commissioned for the Holy Eucharist, and he is remembered for a deep devotion to the Eucharist.

He was first buried in a church outside the walls of the city. Veneration of him grew quickly: Gregory of Tours relates that twelve years after his repose the stone slab on his grave was replaced with a costlier one, and that those who drank water mixed with dust from the old slab were healed. He is invoked against fevers.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 1 January (new style).