Saint Felix, Apostle of East Anglia

Felix Félix Priest from Burgundy who became the apostle of East Anglia and Bishop of Dunwich. was a holy priest from Burgundy who converted and baptized S igebert, Sigebert King of East Anglia converted by Felix during his exile in France. King of t he East Angles, Angles de l'Est Anglo-Saxon kingdom evangelized by Felix. who had been forced to go to France to escape the plots prepared against him by his own family. The prince, having subsequently been recalled to ascend the throne of his ancestors, persuaded Felix to follow him to England in order to convert the inhabitants of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, who were still idolaters. God granted such success to his mission that he converted almost all of them. He was consecrated bishop by Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, and established his see a t Dumm Dummoc Episcopal see of Felix, now largely submerged. oc, today Dunwich, in the county of Suffolk. He died in 646 after having governed his church for seventeen years with all the zeal of a good Shepherd. He was buried in his episcopal city; but under Ki ng Cnut, roi Canut King of England during whose reign the relics were moved. his relics were transported to Ramsey Abbey.