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FELIX , of See also:Valois (1127-r212), one of the founders of the monastic See also:order of See also:Trinitarians or Redemptionists, was See also:born in the See also:district of Valois, See also:France, on the 19th of See also:April 1127. In See also:early manhood he became a See also:hermit in the See also:forest of Galeresse, where he remained till his sixty-first See also:year, when his See also:disciple See also:Jean de Matha (116o-1213) suggested to him the See also:idea of establishing an order of monks who should devote their lives to the redemption of Christiancaptives from the See also:Saracens. They journeyed to See also:Rome about the end of 1197, obtained the See also:sanction of the See also:pope, and on their return to France founded the monastery of Cerfroi in See also:Picardy. Felix remained to govern and propagate the order, while Jean de Matha superintended the See also:foreign journeys. A subordinate See also:establishment was also founded by Felix in See also:Paris near a See also:chapel dedicated to St Mathurin, on which See also:account his monks were also called St Mathurins. He died at Cerfroi on the 4th of See also:November 1212, and was canonized. End of Article: FELIXAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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