Pope Evaristus

Pope Saint

Evaristus
Pope Saint; Evaristus
Bishop of Rome
	Pope Evaristus, 15th century
Church	Early Church
Papacy began	c. 100
Papacy ended	c. 108
Predecessor	Clement I
Successor	Alexander I
Personal details
Born	Bethlehem, Judea
Died	c. 108; Rome, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	26 October

Pope Evaristus (Greek: Ευάριστος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 99/100 to his death in 107/108.^[1]^[2] He was also known as Aristus and is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church,^[3] the Catholic Church, and Oriental Orthodoxy. It is likely that John the Apostle died during his reign period, marking the end of the Apostolic Age.

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According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Greek by birth, fathered by a 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 Reverend 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 the Saint Peter's tomb under the Saint Peter's Basilica.^[11]

[1]
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope St. Evaristus" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
[2]
According to Annuario Pontificio, he died in 108.
[3]
"Orthodox England – The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome".
[4]
Loomis, Louise Ropes (2006) [1917]. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis). Arx Publishing, LLC. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-889758-86-2. See also the original Latin.
[5]
Ecclesiastical History VIII, 34 (Eusebius first states Evaristus hold the office for 9 years). The truth is, as the monarchical episcopate was not yet existing in Rome, it is useless to attempt to fix his dates, or those of any of the other so-called bishops who lived before the second quarter of the second century.
[6]
Burgess, Richard W. (1999). Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography. Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-515-07530-5. More exactly, the period between October AD 99 and October AD 100 according to the calendar of Caesarea Maritima.
[7]
Ecclesiastical History IX, 1. He writes 9 years in Book VIII, but writes 8 years in Book IX.
[8]
Sullivan, Reverend John F. (1918). The Externals of the Catholic Church. Aeterna Press.
[9]
Alexis-François Artaud de Montor (1911). The lives and times of the popes : including the complete gallery of the portraits of the pontiffs reproduced from "Effigies pontificum romanorum Dominici Basae": being a series of volumes giving the history of the world during the Christian era. p. 21 – via archive.org. 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."
[10]
"Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
[11]
List of popes

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Writings attributed to Pope St Evaristus
Patron Saints Index: Pope Saint Evaristus
Catholic Online – Saints & Angels: St. Evaristus
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Evaristus" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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[1] [1]
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope St. Evaristus" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[2] [2]
According to Annuario Pontificio, he died in 108.

[3] [3]
"Orthodox England – The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome".

[:0-4] [4]
Loomis, Louise Ropes (2006) [1917]. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis). Arx Publishing, LLC. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-889758-86-2. See also the original Latin.

[5] [5]
Ecclesiastical History VIII, 34 (Eusebius first states Evaristus hold the office for 9 years). The truth is, as the monarchical episcopate was not yet existing in Rome, it is useless to attempt to fix his dates, or those of any of the other so-called bishops who lived before the second quarter of the second century.

[6] [6]
Burgess, Richard W. (1999). Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography. Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-515-07530-5. More exactly, the period between October AD 99 and October AD 100 according to the calendar of Caesarea Maritima.

[7] [7]
Ecclesiastical History IX, 1. He writes 9 years in Book VIII, but writes 8 years in Book IX.

[8] [8]
Sullivan, Reverend John F. (1918). The Externals of the Catholic Church. Aeterna Press.

[9] [9]
Alexis-François Artaud de Montor (1911). The lives and times of the popes : including the complete gallery of the portraits of the pontiffs reproduced from "Effigies pontificum romanorum Dominici Basae": being a series of volumes giving the history of the world during the Christian era. p. 21 – via archive.org. 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."

[10] [10]
"Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)

[11] [11]
List of popes

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