Saint Felix of Nîmes is honored as a 4th-century bishop and martyr from Nîmes, France. His feast day is 27 July.[1]
There was a see at Nîmes as early as 396, when a synodical letter was sent by a Council of Nîmes to the bishops of Gaul. Jules Igolin writes that Nîmes became the site of a bishopric by the fourth century and that its first bishop was Saint Felix of Nîmes (St Félix), who was martyred around 407AD. Other writers also affirm that a certain St. Felix was Bishop of Nîmes and martyred by the Vandals about 407, but Louis Duchesne questions this.[2]
Felix is said to have been succeeded by Sedatus who had served under him.[3] The first bishop whose date is positively known is Sedatus, was present at the Council of Agde in 506.[2] Sedatus was prélat of Nimes until c.506AD.[4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints vol. 1, B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p.373
- ^ a b Goyau, Georges. "Nîmes." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 16 July 2016
- ^ Liste des évêques établie par Georges Mathon pour Nemausensis
- ^ Sermons jumeaux de Sedatus de Nîmes pour la fête de Noël, par Pierre-Patrick Verbraken, in Revue bénédictine n°88, p. 81-91, 1978.
- ^ Fiche sur le site de la bibliothèque Saint-Étienne de Jérusalem [archive].
- ^ Le Bréviaire d'Alaric : aux origines du code civil, dir. par Dumézil et Rouche, Paris, PUPS, 2008.
- ^ De consolatione peccatoris, attribué à Sedatus de Nîmes.