Saint of the Day 20/November
Saint of the Day (November 20) ✠ St. Felix of Valois ✠ Confessor, Hermit and a Co-founder (with Saint John of Matha) of the Trinitarian Order: Born: April 16, 1127 possibly Valois, France Died: November 4, 1212 (Aged 85) Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Picardy (now the department of Aisne), France Venerated in: Catholic Church Canonized: May 1, 1262 Pope Urban IV Major shrine: Monastery of Cerfroid, Brumetz, Department of Aisne, France Feast: November 20 St. Felix of Valois was a member of the royal family of France, the grandson of King Henry I. While carrying the future saint, his mother had a vision where she saw the Child Jesus holding a cross and another child holding a garland of flowers. The two boys traded their objects. The mother understood that the boy with the flowers was her son. Because of troubles in the family, the young man left his home and went to the court, where he became a crusader ...