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4 unusual facts about Felix of Burgundy


Felix of Burgundy

McLure and Collins note that there was a bishop named Felix who held the see of Châlons in 626 or 627.

Other historians have suggested as an alternative site for Felix's see the coastal Walton, Suffolk near Felixstowe, where there was once a Roman fort.

The village of Felixkirk (in Yorkshire) and the town of Felixstowe may both have been named after the saint, though an alternative meaning for Felixstowe, "the stow of Filica", has been suggested.

Walton, Suffolk

Walton Castle is one of the two principal sites (the other is Dunwich) claimed in the Middle Ages for the location of Dommoc, the original bishop's seat of St Felix (Felix of Burgundy), first bishop of the East Angles, who arrived c630 AD in the reign of King Sigeberht of East Anglia.



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