Felix of Rhuys


Saint Felix of Rhuys was a Breton Benedictine hermit and abbot.

Life

Born in Quimper, he was a recluse on Ushant. He then entered the Benedictine order at Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Felix rebuilt Rhuys Abbey, which had been founded by Saint Gildas in the 6th century on the Gulf of Morbihan, and had been destroyed by the Normans.
His feast day is 4 March.