FELIX, SAINT, of Valois (I I 2 7-121 2) , one of the founders of the order of Trinitarians or Redemptionists, was born in the district of Valois, France, on April 19, I 1 2 7. He became a hermit in the forest of Galeresse, where he remained until I 1 8 7, when his disciple Jean de Matha (1160-1213) suggested to him the idea of establishing an order of monks who should devote their lives to the redemption of Christian captives from the Saracens. Obtain ing the sanction of the pope about 1197, they founded the mother house at Cerfroi in Picardy. Felix died at Cerfroi on Nov. 4, I2I2, and is commemorated on Nov. 20.