Saint
Felix of Clermont
Saint of Clermont, venerated in the Western Church.
- Era
- 7th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Felix of Clermont was bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in the 7th century and is venerated as a saint in the Western Church. The sources preserve few details about him.
From what is known, he was probably the son of Syagrius, count of Albi and patrician of Provence, and of Bertolena. He would thus have been the brother of Syagria, mother of the bishops Avitus II and Bonitus of Clermont. During his episcopate the church of Issoire and the direction of the monastery of Chantoin were entrusted to Saint Praejectus (Priest).
After his repose he was buried in the church of Saint Stephen in the Christian quarter (Vicus Christianorum), later called the church of Saint Eutropius, in what is now the Saint-Alyre district of Clermont-Ferrand. No other deeds of his are known, nor the year of his repose.