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Antonius Felix (possibly Tiberius Claudius Antonius Felix, in Greek: ὁ Φῆλιξ; born c. 5–10) was the fourth Roman procurator of Judea Province in 52–60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. He appears in the New Testament in Acts 23 and 24, where the Apostle Paul is brought before him for a trial.
Antonius Felix. FELIX, ANTONIUS ăn tō’ nĭ əs fe’ lĭks ( Αντωνιος Φῆλιξ ). Antonius Felix was a freedman of Antonia, the mother of the emperor Claudius, and brother of the same prince’s freedman and favorite, Pallas. A social reject through the formative years of his life, Claudius had fallen into the company of the ...
Learn about the life and career of Marcus Antonius Felix, a freedman and a powerful courtier of the emperor Claudius. He was the procurator of Judaea from 52 to 58, and he suppressed bandits, rebels and Christians.
Felix was a Roman procurator of Judea from 52 to 60 C.E., who ruled with cruelty and corruption. He was related to Claudius and married Drusilla, the sister of Agrippa II., and was involved in the imprisonment of Paul and the conflicts with the Jews.
Learn about the life and reign of Felix, who governed Judea from 52 to 60 AD and heard Paul's testimony in Acts 24. Find out why he delayed Paul's trial, what he knew about Christianity, and how he died.
views 3,413,582 updated. Antonius Felix, fl. AD 60, Roman procurator of Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, and Peraea (c.AD 52–AD 60), a freedman of Claudius I. He was judge of the apostle Paul. He married Drusilla, a Herodian princess.
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Felix was a Roman procurator of Palestine who imprisoned St. Paul for two years. He was a freedman of Claudius's mother and married to Herod Agrippa's daughter Drusilla.
