Pope Saint Evaristus

Also known as

• Aristus

Memorial

• 26 October

Profile

Son of an Hellenic Jew from Bethlehem. Fifth pope, reigning for eight years, and about whom almost nothing is known. Traditionally considered a martyr, but there is no documentation of the event.

Papal Ascension

• c.99

Died

• c.107
• buried in the Vatican near Saint Peter the Apostle

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Evaristus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-evaristus/>