SS Felix and Maurus (16th June)

St Maurus and his son St Felix travelled from Caeasarea to Rome in the 6th century and subsequently became hermits on this site.  St Felix became particularly venerated after he had killed a dragon that terrorised the area.  After his death, St Maurus built a church to house his tomb. 

This became the site of the Abbazia di San Felice di Narco:

• The crypt there contains an ancient sarcophagus that is said to hold the remains of SS Felix and Maurus. 
  

• The sculpted frieze beneath the rose window in the façade of the church shows St Felix taming a dragon and reviving a corpse as St Maurus prays beside an angel that protects his son.