Saint Andeolus of Smyrna

Also known as

• Andeol
• Andéolo
• Andreolus

Memorial

• 1 May

Profile

Sub-deacon in Smyrna. Spiritual student of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna who sent him with Saint Benignus, Saint Andochius, and Saint Thyrsus to evangelize the Vivarais in Gaul. Scourged with thorny sticks and executed. Martyr.

Born

• Smyrna

Died

• knifed in the head in the shape of a cross in 208 near Viviers, Gaul (modern France) near the river Rhone
• his body was thrown into the river, but a pagan woman found it, received miraculous knowledge of holiness of the victim, converted to Christianity, and helped give the body a proper burial
• relics at Saint Andéol, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• deacon or sub-deacon, holding in his hand a book and palm of martyrdom, his head pierced by a wooden knife

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by Terry Morgan
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Andeolus of Smyrna“. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 May 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>