 One day while walking with Felix, John had another vision—a white stag appeared at a stream with a red and blue cross between its antlers.John disclosed to Felix the design he had conceived on the day on which he said his first mass, to succour captive Christians under slavery, and Felix offered his help in carrying it out.They set out for Rome in the midst of a severe winter, towards the end of the year 1197, to obtain the pope's benediction.