Felix of Rome

Holy Martyr Felix of Rome is a Roman martyr of the early centuries about whom almost nothing is known, not even the exact time of his death. His name is kept in the ancient Hieronymian Martyrology on 29 July, with the note that he was buried on the Via Portuensis, where he had a sanctuary and where the road for a time bore his name.

From early times his veneration was mixed up with that of other saints of the same name: another martyr Felix, buried on the Via Aurelia, and the antipope Felix II. The new edition of the martyrology corrected the confusion. The exact site of his catacomb is no longer known. He is commemorated on 29 July, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.