Pope Saint Felix III

Memorial

• 25 February
• 1 March on some calendars

Profile

Born to a Roman senatorial family. Great-grandfather of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Married, father, and widower. Priest. Nothing else is known of his early life. Elected 48th pope.

At the time of his ascension the Eastern Church had been split by the Act of Union of Emperor Zeno, which tried but failed reconcile the Church and Eutychianism. Felix excommunicated the schismatic bishops and paved the way for re-union in 518, during the reign of Justinian. He drew up the conditions for the return of African Christians who had apostatized during the Vandal persecutions.

Born

• at Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 13 March 483

Died

• 492 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried in Saint Paul’s on the Ostian Way

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Ambrose Coleman
• Catholic Online
• Christ’s Faithful People
• Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Felix III“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>