Felix of Burgundy
✓ Source-basedrising7th-century Bishop of Dunwich and saint
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was the first bishop of the kingdom of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom.
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![The late medieval remains of the parish church in Babingley, Norfolk. One of three churches in East Anglia dedicated to the saint, the dedication suggests that a pre-Conquest church once existed at or nearby to the site.[16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_ruined_church_of_St_Felix_-_blocked_chancel_arch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528074.jpg/500px-The_ruined_church_of_St_Felix_-_blocked_chancel_arch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528074.jpg)
The late medieval remains of the parish church in Babingley, Norfolk. One of three churches in East Anglia dedicated to the saint, the dedication suggests that a pre-Conquest church once existed at or nearby to the site.[16]![St Felix's Church, Felixkirk, Yorkshire. The building dates from the 12th century.[29]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_tower_of_St_Felix%27s_church%2C_Felixkirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1910594.jpg/1280px-The_tower_of_St_Felix%27s_church%2C_Felixkirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1910594.jpg)
St Felix's Church, Felixkirk, Yorkshire. The building dates from the 12th century.[29]Religious Figures born in the 550s 6
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Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was the first bishop of the kingdom of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom. Almost all that is known about him comes from the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed by the English historian Bede in about 731, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bede wrote that Felix freed "the whole of this kingdom from long-standing evil and unhappiness".
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