St. Felix of Cantalice

St. Felix of Cantalice

St. Felix of Cantalice was born of peasant parents at Cantalice, Apulia, Italy.  He was a shepherd and a farm laborer in his youth, became a Capuchin lay brother at nearby Citta Ducale Monastery in Anticoli, and became noted for his austerities and piety.  He was sent to Rome in 1549 and spent the next thirty-eight years in the monastery there as questor, aiding the sick and the poor and revered by all.  He was a friend of St. Philip Neri and helped in St. Charles Borromeo's revision of the rule for his Oblates.  Felix was canonized in 1709.

His feast day is May 18th.