Évence de Rome
Roman priest
Who they were
Saint Eventius was a Roman priest martyred in 115 or 117, according to the Liber Pontificalis. He was beheaded with the pope Saint Alexander I and Saint Theodulus. First buried at the place of his execution, three miles from Rome on the Via Nomentana, his body was later moved to the church of Santa Sabina in Rome.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Évence de Rome (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Martirologio Romano — 3 May; Nominis — "A Roma al settimo miglio della via Nomentana, santi Evenzio, Alessandro e Teodulo, martiri." Nominis: "Saints Évence, Alexandre et Théodule — Martyrs à Rome".
- Wikidata Q3592803 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.