Saint Felician of Foligno

Memorial

• 24 January
• 20 October (translation of relics to Minden, Germany)

Profile

Spiritual student of Pope Saint Eleutherius during his missionary days. Priest. Consecrated bishop of Foligno, Italy by Pope Victor I in Rome c.204; he was the first bishop given the pallium as symbol of his office. For a time, Felician was the only bishop in northern Italy. Ordained Saint Valentine of Terni as priest. Arrested, tortured and martyred at age 94 in the persecutions of Decius, dying en route to a triumph for Decius.

Born

• c.158 in Foligno, Italy

Died

• c.250 just outside of Foligno, Italy
• a chapel was built over his grave
• the chapel later replaced by a church
• relics transferred to Metz, France on 4 October 970
• some relics translated to Minden, Germany
• some relics returned to Foligno in 1673 and 1674

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Foligno, Italy

Representation

• old bishop with a hook and tongs
• old bishop with holes bored through his feet and hands

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Felician of Foligno“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 March 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>