Unfettered devotion to charity

An example of fidelity, humility, and Christian witness lived to its utmost consequences, yet without the martyrdom of blood. The figure of Felix of Nola is known to us almost exclusively through the poetic compositions of Saint Paulinus of Nola, who between the late 4th and early 5th centuries committed to writing oral traditions still alive in the Nola region. These poems represent the earliest historical testimony to the life of the saint, whose memory has remained deeply rooted in the Christianity of southern Italy.