POPE FELIX

Four Popes of the name have filled the chair of St. Peter. The first suffered martyrdom under Aurelian. He is honoured with a festival at Rome on the 29th May. The second also received the crown of martyrdom, under Constantine. His festival is kept on the 29th July. The third is commemorated as a holy confessor on the 25th February. He was a collateral ancestor of Pope St. Gregory the Great, who mentions him in his writings. Gregory had three aunts by the father's side, who all became nuns. One of them, Tarsilla, a lady of pious and beatified life, and of very advanced age, had one night a vis…