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Born in Burgundy; died in England in 648. St. Felix was a Burgundian bishop who brought about the conversion of Sigebert (f.d. September 27), king of the East Angles, when that prince was in exile. Felix was summoned by the restored Sigebert and sent by St. Honorius of Canterbury (f.d. September 30) to preach the gospel in East Anglia. In 631, Felix established his see at Dunwich, a town on the Suffolk coast that has been almost wholly washed away by the sea. He laboured with much success for 17 years in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.

With the help of King Sigebert, Felix established a school for boys, obtaining teachers from the school at Canterbury. St. Felix was buried at Dunwich, but later on his shrine was at Ramsey abbey. This saint gives his name to the town of Felixstowe. He is venerated as the apostle of the East Angles (Attwater, Benedictines).


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