Pope Evaristus
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pope Evaristus (Greek: Ευάριστος) was the bishop of Rome from c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 99/100 to his death in 107/108.[1][2] He was also known as Aristus and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church,[3] and Oriental Orthodoxy. It is likely that John the Apostle died during his reign period, marking the end of the Apostolic Age.
Biography
According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Greek by birth, fathered by a Greek Jew named Judah from the city of Bethlehem.[4] Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History, states that Evaristus took office in the 3rd year of Trajan's reign,[5] which correspond to AD 99/100,[6] and died in the 12th year of the same reign (AD 108/109) after holding the office for nine years.[7] He divided titles among the priests in the city of Rome, and ordained seven deacons to assist with the bishop's preaching.[4]
According to the Rev. John F. Sullivan, Evaristus decreed that “in accordance with Apostolic tradition marriage should be celebrated publicly and with the blessing of the priest”.[8] Liber Pontificalis further describes him as the one "crowned with martyrdom".[4] The same is indicated also by French historian Alexis-François Artaud de Montor.[9] However, in the Roman Martyrology he is listed without the martyr title, with a feast day on 26 October.[10]
Pope Evaristus is buried near the body of Saint Peter in the Vatican, in Saint Peter's tomb under Saint Peter's Basilica.[11]
See also
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References
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- ↑ According to the Annuario Pontificio, he died in 108.
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- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". See also the original Latin.
- ↑ Ecclesiastical History VIII, 34 (Eusebius first states Evaristus hold the office for 9 years).
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". More exactly, the period between October AD 99 and October AD 100 according to the calendar of Caesarea Maritima.
- ↑ Ecclesiastical History IX, 1. He writes 9 years in Book VIII, but writes 8 years in Book IX.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Quote: "Ignatius died of the wounds that were inflicted by ferocious beasts; Evaristus died under the hands of executioners, more cruel than the wild beasts themselves."
- ↑ "Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 Template:ISBN)
- ↑ List of popes
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External links
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- Writings attributed to Pope St Evaristus
- Patron Saints Index: Pope Saint Evaristus
- Catholic Online – Saints & Angels: St. Evaristus
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