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Felix of Rome
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 29 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
201
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rome, at the third mile of the Via Portuensis, in the cemetery later dedicated to his name, Saint Felix, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 July as a martyr buried on the Via Portuensis in the cemetery later named after him.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q19999860 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.