Christian feast day: Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)

Felix of Thibiuca

4th-century martyr

Felix (d. 303) was a bishop of Thibiuca in Africa who was martyred during the Great Persecution under the Roman emperor Diocletian alongside Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus. Felix is said to have resisted the command of the local magistrate Magnillian to surrender…