Their veneration is very old; they are commemorated in the Sacramentary of
Gregory the Great and in the ancient martyrologies. Their church in Rome, built over their graves, in the
catacomb of Commodilla, on the
Via Ostiensis, near the
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, and restored by
Pope Leo III, was discovered about three hundred years ago and again unearthed in 1905 (
Civiltà Catt., 1905, II, 608).
Pope Leo IV, about 850, is said to have given their relics to Irmengard, wife of
Lothair I; she placed them in the abbey of canonesses at Eschau in
Alsace. They were brought to the
church of St. Stephen in
Vienna in 1361. The heads are claimed by
Anjou and
Cologne. According to the "Chronicle of Andechs" (Donauwörth, 666877, p. 69), Henry, the last count, received the relics from
Pope Honorius III and brought them to the Abbey of
Andechs. The painter
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (1686–1775) painted
The Glorification of Saints Felix and Adauctus (1759–61), seen above. It was commissioned for the
cupola of the church of San Felice del Benaco on
Lake Garda. ==References==