Felix (Bishop of Urgell)

Felix (Bishop of Urgell)

Felix, Bishop of Urgel (d. 818), was a Christian bishop and theologian in the eighth century.

Felix became Bishop at and unknon date and lived at the monastery Sant Sadurní de Tabernoles in the foothills of the Pyrenees. [ [http://www.viaoccitanacatalana.org/zone/zone_dettaglio_cat_ing.asp?IDrecord=91 Big areas: Catalunya ] ]

He first come to prominence in 790, when his christological teachings were criticized as adoptionist by Alcuin. The Council of Frankfurt in 794 condemned his teachings as heretical. [http://www.museudiocesaurgell.org/laseu/uk/sorigenv.htm The City - La Seu d´Urgell - The Origins - The Visigothic Period ] ] [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01150a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Adoptionism ] ]

He was exiled from Urgel and died in Lyon in 818. [ [http://medspains.stanford.edu/demo/themes/adoptionism/index.html Medieval Spain: Themes: Adoptionism ] ]

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