Saint Felice of Nicosia

Also known as

• Felice Amoroso of Nicosia
• Filippo Giacomo Amoroso

Profile

Son of a shoemaker, he learned his father‘s trade. Pious, hard working youth. Orphan. At age 19 he tried to enter a Capuchin convent, but was turned away; he tried again; and again; and again. After eight years of pleading, he was admitted on 19 October 1743, taking the name Felix. For 40 years he served as a beggar for his house. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Had the gift of healing, both physical and spiritual, and of bilocation. Worked tirelessly with the sick during a plague epidemic in Cerami, Italy in March 1777, healing many and coming though it unharmed. He was so devoted to his obedience to his Order that he asked his guardian for permission to die.

Born

• 5 November 1715 in Nicosia, Italy as Giacomo Amoroso

Died

• 31 May 1787 in Nicosia, Italy of natural causes

relics translated to the cathedral of Nicosia in 1891

Venerated

• 4 March 1862 by Pope Pius IX (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 12 February 1888 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy

Additional Information

• Almanacco Siciliano
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Felice of Nicosia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 February 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>