Nabor and Felix

Who they were

Nabor and Felix were martyred in Diocletian's persecution around 303. Their relics rest in Milan, where a church was built over their tomb, and St Ambrose praised their virtues. Later legends, without historical value, make them soldiers of Maximian condemned at Milan and beheaded at Lodi.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: they have been honoured as martyrs since the fourth century.

Why that counted as sanctity

Nabor and Felix gave their lives for Christ, and St Ambrose held them up as examples to his people.

Connected on this site

• Nabor Saint one of this group
• Maternus Saint
  “At Milan, Saint Maternus, bishop, who, once freedom had been restored to the Church, translated with every honour the bodies of the martyrs Nabor and Felix from Lodi to his city.” — this site's research
• Savina of Milan Saint
  “Holy tradition states that she died while praying at the tomb of Saints Nabor and Felix.” — Wikipedia