Saint Felix of Nîmes is honored as a 4th-century bishop and martyr from Nîmes,

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. His feast day is 27 July. There was a see at Nîmes as early as 396, when a synodical letter was sent by a Council of Nîmes to the bishops of Gaul. Jules Igolin writes that Nîmes became the site of a

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by the fourth century and that its first bishop was Saint Felix of Nîmes (St Félix), who was martyred around 407AD. Other writers also affirm that a certain St. Felix was Bishop of Nîmes and martyred by the Vandals about 407, but Louis Duchesne questions this.Goyau, Georges. "Nîmes." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 16 July 2016 Felix is said to have been succeeded by ''Sedatus'' who had served under him. The first bishop whose date is positively known is Sedatus, was present at the Council of Agde in 506. Sedatus was prélat of Nimes until c.506AD. De consolatione peccatoris, attribué à Sedatus de Nîmes

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