Hieromartyr
Brissos of Évora
A saint linked with Évora in Portugal, who died around the year 312; few details survive.
Life
Brissos of Évora is a semi-legendary saint of Portugal, honoured above all in the Alentejo, in the region of Beja. According to tradition he was born at Myrtilis, today Mértola, and was the second bishop of Évora. He is said to have been martyred by the Romans around the year 312, bound to the torture wheel.
Oral tradition says he devoted his episcopate to strengthening the Christian communities, to services and baptisms, and to helping the poor, but his appointment is not proved by documents. His veneration is well attested in the Alentejo, and several villages have him as patron. His day is 16 July, kept with services and processions.
He is honoured in the Portuguese tradition; the source shows no synodal canonization.
Commemorated the same day July 16
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