Saint
Felix, the Apostle of East Anglia, was born in the Burgundy region of what is
now France. He was a bishop who was sent to England by Saint Honorius of
Canterbury (September 30) to evangelize East Anglia.
Saint
Felix established his See in Dunwich on the Suffolk coast in 631, and labored
there successfully for seventeen years. He founded a school for boys with the
help of King Siegbert, and brought in teachers from Canterbury.
Saint
Felix died in 648 and was buried at Dunwich, but his relics were transferred to
Ramsey abbey in Huntingdonshire in 971.
Saint
Felix has given his name to Felixstowe in Suffolk, and to Felixkirk in
Yorkshire. He is mentioned by Saint Bede (HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND
PEOPLE, Book 3, ch. 18 and 20).
Source: https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/03/08/100704-st-felix-of-burgundy-the-bishop-of-dunwich-and-enlightener-of-ea
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