- Evodius
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name=Saint Evodius
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death_date=c. 69AD
feast_day=May 6 (Roman Catholic Church)September 7 (Orthodox Church)
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church ,Orthodox Church
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death_place=Antioch
titles=Bishop
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prayer_attrib=Saint Evodius (d. ca. 69) is a
saint in the Christian Church and one of the first identifiable Christians.Very little is known of the life of St. Evodius. However, he was a pagan who converted to Christianity due to the apostolic work ofSaint Peter . In theBook of Acts , one of the first communities to receive evangelism was theJew s and pagans ofAntioch . The city was opulent and cosmopolitan, and there were both Hellenized Jews and pagans influenced bymonotheism . The term "Christian" was coined for theseGentile (mainly Syrian and Greek) converts, and St. Peter became thebishop of Antioch and led the church there. When Peter the Apostle left Antioch for Rome, he was succeeded as bishop of Antioch by a man named Evodius.St. Evodius was bishop of Antioch until 69
AD , when St. Ignatius of Antioch succeeded him. It is more likely that St. Evodius died of natural causes, in office, than that he wasmartyr ed. As one of the first pagans to come to the new church, he is venerated in both theRoman Catholic Church of the east andOrthodox Church es of the East as a saint. Hisfeast day in the Roman Catholic Church isMay 6 and in the Orthodox Church it isSeptember 7 .External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05653a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: "St. Evodius"]
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