Felix, Bishop of Urgell

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Felix, Bishop of Urgel (d. 818), was a Christian bishop and theologian in the eighth century.

Felix became Bishop at and unknon date and lived at the monastery Sant Sadurní de Tabernoles in the foothills of the Pyrenees.[1]

He first come to prominence in 790, when his christological teachings were criticized as adoptionist by Alcuin. The Council of Frankfurt in 794 condemned his teachings as heretical.[2] [3]

He was exiled from Urgel and died in Lyon in 818.[2][4]

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  1. ^ Big areas: Catalunya
  2. ^ a b The City - La Seu d´Urgell - The Origins - The Visigothic Period
  3. ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Adoptionism
  4. ^ Medieval Spain: Themes: Adoptionism
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