Felix of Ravenna

Felix (Felice) (died 724) was an archbishop of Ravenna of the eighth century, in office 709 to his death.

He was consecrated by Pope Constantine [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04294b.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Constantine ] ] , but soon afterwards asserted his independence from Rome. When Ravenna was captured by the forces of Justinian II, Felix was taken to Constantinople, tried and blinded, and sent into exile [ [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/euro43.htm EUROPEAN & ASIAN HISTORY 650 - 749 ] ] [Walter Ullmann, "A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages (2003), p. 64.] [Rosamond McKitterick (editor), "The New Cambridge Medieval History" II (2005), p. 363.] . Justinian was deposed in 711, and Felix returned from Pontus [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12662b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Ravenna ] ] to Ravenna [Jeffrey Richards, "The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476-752" (1979), p. 213.] .

He collected 176 sermons of his predecessor Peter Chrysologus [William A. Jurgens, "The Faith of the Early Fathers" (1970), p. 266.] .

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