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|SaintName=Saint Felix of Valois | |SaintName=Saint Felix of Valois | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 20 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Valois, France | |SaintBirthPlace=Valois, France | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=48.6833, 3.0167 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=48.6833, 3.0167 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1212-04-11 | ||
|DeathPlace=Cerfroid, France | |DeathPlace=Cerfroid, France | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=48.8000, 3.1500 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=48.8000, 3.1500 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Order's headquarters | |NotableLabel3=Order's headquarters | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=41.9028, 12.4964 | |NotableCoordinates3=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=France | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Soissons]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Pope Urban IV (traditional) | |Canonizer=Pope Urban IV (traditional) | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Raising a dead person invoking the Trinity | |SaintMiracle1=Raising a dead person invoking the Trinity | ||
|Profession=hermit | |Profession=hermit | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Order of the Most Holy Trinity | |ReligiousAffiliation=Order of the Most Holy Trinity | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Cerfroid Abbey Ruins, France | |PrimaryShrine=Cerfroid Abbey Ruins, France | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Felix of Valois''' (c. 1127 – 4 November 1212), also known as '''Saint Felix of Cerfroid''', was a French hermit and co-founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Ransoming of Captives (Trinitarians).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033c.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Felix of Valois |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to hagiographic traditions preserved in the order's chronicles and the 13th-century ''Vita'', Felix was born in Valois to a noble family, possibly of royal descent, lived as a hermit in the forest of Cerfroid, and met John of Matha in 1197, sharing a vision of chained captives that led to the Trinitarians' foundation in 1198, approved by Pope Innocent III in 1209.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3336 |title=St. Felix of Valois |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> He served as the order's first superior until retiring to Cerfroid, where he died after 15 years of redemptive missions. | '''Saint Felix of Valois''' (c. 1127 – 4 November 1212), also known as '''Saint Felix of Cerfroid''', was a French hermit and co-founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Ransoming of Captives (Trinitarians).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06033c.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Felix of Valois |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to hagiographic traditions preserved in the order's chronicles and the 13th-century ''Vita'', Felix was born in Valois to a noble family, possibly of royal descent, lived as a hermit in the forest of Cerfroid, and met John of Matha in 1197, sharing a vision of chained captives that led to the Trinitarians' foundation in 1198, approved by Pope Innocent III in 1209.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3336 |title=St. Felix of Valois |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> He served as the order's first superior until retiring to Cerfroid, where he died after 15 years of redemptive missions. | ||