Saint Felix of Valois | |
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Born | April 16, 1127 possibly Valois, France |
Died | November 4, 1212 Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Picardy (now the department of Aisne), France | (aged 85)
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Canonized | May 1, 1262, Rome by Pope Urban IV |
Major shrine | Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Department of Aisne, France |
Feast | November 4 November 20 (General Roman Calendar 1679-1969) |
Attributes | white stag with a cross between his horns[1] |
Felix of Valois, OSsT (French: Félix de Valois; (April 16, 1127 – November 4, 1212) was a French Catholic former Cistercian hermit and a co-founder (with John of Matha) of the Trinitarian Order.[2]