Felix of Cantalica

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Saint Felix of Cantalice
Born	1515 in Cantalice, Italy
Died	1587
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism
Beatified	May 18, 1587 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized	1709 by Pope Clement XI
Feast	May 18
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St. Felix of Cantalice was born to peasant parents in Cantalice, Italy. As a boy he worked hard as a farm laborer and shepherd, and became a Capuchin lay brother at the Citta Ducale Monastery in Anticoli. It is said that he was well noted for his piety. In 1549 he was sent to Rome as questor and spent 38 years aiding the sick and the poor. In Rome, he was revered by all. He helped to revise St. Charles Borromeo's rules for his order of Oblates. Felix was also a companion of St. Philip Neri while staying in Rome.

St. Felix was canonized in 1709. His feast day is May 18.