Felix of Nicosia
Capuchin lay brother at Nicosia
Feast: 31 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nicosia in Sicily, Blessed Felix (James) Amoroso, religious, who, after being refused for ten years, entered at last the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, where he carried out the humblest services in simplicity and purity of heart.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 31 May as a Capuchin at Nicosia in Sicily who, refused for ten years, carried out the humblest services in simplicity and purity of heart.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 31 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1355883 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.