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).