Pope Felix IV

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Styles of
Pope Felix IV

Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Holy Father
Posthumous style Saint

Pope Felix IV was Pope from 526 to 530. He came from Samnium, the son of one Castorius. Following the death of Pope John I at the hands of the Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great, the papal voters gave in to the King's demands and chose Cardinal Felix as Pope. Felix's favor in the eyes of the King caused him to push for greater benefits for the Church.

He was elected after a gap of nearly two months after the death of John I.

Imperial edict passed granting that cases against clergy should be dealt with by the Pope. He defined church teaching on grace and free will in response to a request on opposing Semi-Pelagianism in Gaul.

Felix attempted to designate his own successor: Boniface. The reaction of the Senate was to forbid the discussion of a pope’s successor, during his lifetime; or the acceptance of such a nomination.

The majority of the clergy reacted to Felix's activity by nominating Dioscorus as Pope, and a minority for Boniface.

Felix built the Santi Cosma e Damiano in the Imperial forums.

(Note on numbering: Pope Felix II is now considered an anti-pope. At the time however, this fact was not recognized and so the second true Pope Benedict is known by the official number III. This caused the true third pope Felix to take the number IV. This has advanced the numbering of all subsequent Popes Felix by one. Popes Felix III-IV are really the second through third popes by that name. It also effected the name taken by the anti-pope Felix V, who if he had been pope, really would have been the fourth Felix)

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Styles of *Pope Felix IV*

*Reference style*	His Holiness
*Spoken style*	Your Holiness
*Religious style*	Holy Father
*Posthumous style*	Saint