Felix 8

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
FloruitM/L VII
Dates649 (taq) / 649 (tpq)
PmbZ No.1887
Variant NamesPhelix
ReligionAnti-monothelete;
Christian
LocationsAgrigentum (Sicily);
Rome;
Agrigentum (Sicily) (officeplace);
Agrigentum (Sicily) (residence)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Agrigentum (Sicily) (office)
Textual SourcesLateran Council = Concilium Lateranense anno 649 celebratum, ed. R. Riedinger, ACO II 1 (Berlin, 1984) (conciliar)

Felix 8 was bishop of Agrigentum; he attended all five sessions of the Lateran Council, from 5 October to 31 October 649, and in the list of bishops present is named in twenty-fifth place: Conc. Lat., p. 2, line 33 (Φήλικος ἐπισκόπου Ἀγριγέντου), p. 3, line 33 ("Felice Agrigentino episcopo") (the first session), cf. pp. 31, 111, 177 and 247 (the Latin version only is repeated for the other sessions). He subscribed the definition of the faith agreed by the Council at its fifth session: Conc. Lat., p. 392, line 37 (Φῆλιξ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀγριγέντου), p. 393, line 37 ("Felix episcopus sanctae Agrigentine ecclesiae").

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