Veneration
Much of the little information we have about Felix comes from the letters and poetry of Saint Paulinus of Nola, who served at the door of a church dedicated to Saint Felix, and who gathered information about him from churchmen and pilgrims.
In time a new church in Nola was dedicated in the name of St Felix. People travelled from far away to see the burial place of this revered saint.
The Roman Martyrology gives 14 January as the feast day of "Saint Felix, presbyter, who, as reported by Saint Paulinus, was imprisoned at a time of furious persecutions and underwent harsh torture. When at length peace was obtained, he returned home and in poverty lived a withdrawn life until old age, an unconquered confessor of the faith".
He should not be confused with another Saint Felix of Nola, of about a century later, whose feast is on 15 November
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