Felix of Metz

Saint Felix was the third bishop of Metz in Gaul, among the first preachers of the Gospel in those parts. He is commemorated on 21 February.

The Russian source places him in the first half of the fourth century and says that he came to the region as a deacon with Saint Clement, the first bishop of Metz, and with Celestus, then a priest, later the second bishop. According to tradition, Felix led the diocese for forty-⁠two years. His relics were moved to the diocese of Bamberg in the time of the emperor Henry II the Saint. His successor in the see was Saint Patiens.

He must be distinguished from Saint Felix II of Metz, the thirty-⁠third bishop, who was bishop from 715 to 717 and died in 731. He has been venerated from ancient times in the church of Saint Symphorian, where his relics rest, and is commemorated on 22 December.