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Head of the Catholic Church from c. 99 to c. 107
Pope Evaristus
(
Greek
: Ευ?ριστο?) was the
bishop of Rome
from
c.
99 to his death
c.
107.
[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
.
Biography
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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]
He was elected during the reign of the
Roman emperor
Trajan
, and succeeded
Clement I
in the
See of Rome
. He divided titles among the priests in the city of
Rome
, and ordained seven deacons to assist with the bishop's preaching.
According to the book,
The Externals of the Catholic Church
, Evaristus decreed that “in accordance with Apostolic tradition marriage should be celebrated publicly and with the blessing of the priest”.
[5]
Eusebius
, in his
Church History
IV, I, stated that Evaristus died in the 12th year of the reign of Emperor
Trajan
after holding the office of bishop of the Romans for eight years.
Liber Pontificalis
further describes him as the one "crowned with martyrdom".
[6]
The same is indicated also by the book "The lives and times of the popes".
[7]
However, in the
Roman Martyrology
he is listed without the
martyr
title, with a feast day on 26 October.
[8]
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
.
[9]
See also
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References
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- ^
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913).
"Pope St. Evaristus"
.
Catholic Encyclopedia
. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^
According to
Annuario Pontificio
, he died in 108.
- ^
"Orthodox England ? The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome"
.
- ^
Anastasius (bibliothecarius) (1602).
Bibliothecarii Historia, de vitis romanorvm pontificvm a b.Petro apostolo vsqve ad Nicolavm I. nunquam hactenus typis excusa. Deinde Vita Hadriani II. et Stephani VI. auctore Gvilielmo Bibliothecario. Ex bibliotheca Marci Velseri ... Accessere variae lectiones, partim ex codie. mss. Biblioth. vaticanae, partim ex conciliorum tomis, Annalibus ecclesiast. Caes. Baronij ... exceptae
. in typographeio I. Albini. p. 3.
1 Euaristus, natione Grecus, ex patre Iudaeo nomine Iuda, de ciuitate Bethleem, sedit ann. VIIII m. X d. II. Fuit autem temporibus Domitiani et Neruae Traiani, a consulatu Valentis et Veteris (96) usque ad Gallo et Bradua consulibus (108). Martyrio coronatur. 2 Hic titulos in urbe Roma diuidit presbiteris et VII diaconos ordinauit qui custodirent episcopum praedicantem, propter stilum ueritatis. 3 Hic fecit ordinationes III per mens. Decemb., presbiteros XVII, diaconos II; episcopos per diuersa loca XV. Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri, in Vaticanum, VI kal. Nouemb. Et cessauit episcopatus dies XVIIII.
- ^
Sullivan, Reverend John F. (1918).
The Externals of the Catholic Church
. Aeterna Press.
- ^
LIBER PONTIFICALIS
.
Quote: "Martyrio coronatur."
- ^
Alexis-Francois 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."
- ^
"Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001
ISBN
88-209-7210-7
)
- ^
List of popes
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