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Saint Felix of Rhuys
(died 1038) was a
Breton
Benedictine
hermit
and
abbot
, who re-founded
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Abbey.
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Felix was born of wealthy parents in
Quimper
around 970.
[1]
He had a great regard for Saint
Paul Aurelian
who had built a monastery at Lampoul on
Ushant
, and whose relics, around 960, had been translated to
Fleury Abbey
. Felix became a recluse on
Ushant
. He left his hermitage during the Norman invasions to take refuge at Fleury in
Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire
, where he was welcomed by
Abbo of Fleury
.
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany
asked the Abbot of Fleury to re-establish
Rhuys Abbey
,
[2]
which had been founded by
Saint Gildas
in the 6th century on the
Gulf of Morbihan
, and had been destroyed by the
Normans
. Father Abbot entrusted Felix with the task of rebuilding. The original abbey had been built in wood on the remains of a Roman oppidum; Felix built in stone. Begun in 1008, the reconstruction ended in 1032 with the consecration of the church by Judicael, bishop of Vannes and brother of the Duke. Felix died on March 4, 1038.
[3]
His
feast day
is 4 March.
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