Eucharius of Liverdun

Saint Eucharius of Liverdun, hieromartyr, lived in the fourth century and suffered at Pompey, in Lorraine (the department of Meurthe-⁠et-⁠Moselle, France), around the year 362. He is commemorated on 22 October.

He was a travelling bishop and bore the name of the famous Eucharius, the first bishop of Trier, who lived around the year 250. According to tradition, he was beheaded on a field of graves and then returned to the church of the village of Liverdun, carrying his head in his hands.

His memory is kept on 22 October in the former diocese of Toul and on 27 October in the diocese of Saint-⁠Dié. It is said that Saint Oda was a sister in the faith to him.