Evencius

Holy Martyr Evencius was a Roman priest, martyred in 115 or 117 according to the Liber Pontificalis. He was beheaded together with Pope Saint Alexander I and with Saint Theodulus. He was first buried at the place of his torment, three miles from Rome on the Via Nomentana; then his body was moved to the church of Santa Sabina in Rome. Several churches and places bear his name: the church of Saint-⁠Évence at Èvres in the Meuse, which houses a statue of the saint; a chapel at the "puy de Saint-⁠Évence" at Saint-⁠Denis in the Aosta valley; the church of Chermizy-⁠Ailles; a church and a fountain of Saint-⁠Évence in the middle of the town of Lannebert in Côtes-⁠d'Armor. He is venerated in the Catholic Church.