Felix, the name of five Popes:
F. I., St., Pope from 269 to
274, said to have been a victim of the persecution of Aurelius;
F.
II., Pope from 356 to 357, the first anti-pope having been elected in
place of the deposed Liberius who had declined to join in the persecution
of
Athanasius (
q. v.), was banished on the restoration of
Liberius;
F. III., Pope from 483 to 492, during his term of office
the first schism between the Eastern and Western Churches took place;
F.
IV., Pope from 526 to 530, was appointed by Theodoric in face of the
determined opposition of both people and clergy;
F. V., Pope from
1439 to 1449. See Amadeus VIII..