Holy Martyrs
Florentius and Felix
Martyrs honored in the region of Aquila in Italy, slain around 235.
Life
The Holy Martyrs Florentius and Felix were two soldiers martyred under the Emperor Maximinus the Thracian in the year 235 at Furcona near Aquila in the south of Italy.
They are commemorated on 25 July as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources do not preserve the story of their martyrdom.
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