Felix of Ravenna explained

Felix (Felice) (died 724) was an archbishop of Ravenna of the eighth century, in office 709 to his death.

He was consecrated by Pope Constantine,^[1] but soon afterwards asserted his independence from Rome. When Ravenna was captured by the forces of Justinian II, Felix was taken to Constantinople, tried and blinded, and sent into exile.^{[2] [3] [4]} Justinian was deposed in 711, and Felix returned from Pontus^[5] to Ravenna.^[6]

He collected 176 sermons of his predecessor Peter Chrysologus.^[7]

Notes

1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04294b.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Constantine
2. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/euro43.htm EUROPEAN & ASIAN HISTORY 650 – 749
3. [Walter Ullmann]
4. [Rosamond McKitterick]
5. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12662b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Ravenna
6. Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476-752 (1979), p. 213.
7. William A. Jurgens, The Faith of the Early Fathers (1970), p. 266.