Editing Pope Evaristus (section)

==Biography==
[[File:2018-12-30 10.54.09 Evaristo e0.jpg|thumb|Evaristus I depicted in marble in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]]]]
According to the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'', he was a [[Greeks|Greek]] by birth, fathered by a [[Greek Jew]] named Judah from the city of [[Bethlehem]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Loomis |first=Louise Ropes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1KMTRsvPGUC&pg=PA4 |title=The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis) |date=2006 |publisher=Arx Publishing, LLC |isbn=978-1-889758-86-2 |pages=9–10 |orig-date=1917}} See also the [https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liberpontificalis1.html original Latin].</ref> [[Eusebius]], in his ''[[Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius)|Ecclesiastical History]]'', states that Evaristus took office in the 3rd year of [[Trajan]]'s reign,<ref>''Ecclesiastical History'' [https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xxxiv.html VIII, 34] (Eusebius first states Evaristus hold the office for 9 years). The truth is, as the monarchical episcopate was not yet existing in Rome, it is useless to attempt to fix his dates, or those of any of the other so-called bishops who lived before the second quarter of the second century.</ref> which correspond to AD 99/100,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burgess |first=Richard W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9R_CGC9wL9MC&pg=PA29 |title=Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography |date=1999 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn=978-3-515-07530-5 |pages=29}} More exactly, the period between October AD 99 and October AD 100 according to the calendar of [[Caesarea Maritima]].</ref> and died in the 12th year of the same reign (AD 108/109) after holding the office for nine years.<ref>''Ecclesiastical History'' [https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.ix.i.html IX, 1]. He writes 9 years in Book VIII, but writes 8 years in Book IX. </ref> He divided titles among the priests in the city of [[Rome]], and ordained seven deacons to assist with the bishop's preaching.<ref name=":0" />

According to Reverend John F. Sullivan, Evaristus decreed that “in accordance with Apostolic tradition marriage should be celebrated publicly and with the blessing of the priest”.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Externals of the Catholic Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Km0hCgAAQBAJ| last1=Sullivan | first1=Reverend John F. | year=1918 | publisher=Aeterna Press }}</ref> [[Liber Pontificalis]] further describes him as the one "crowned with martyrdom".<ref name=":0" /> The same is indicated also by French historian [[Alexis-François Artaud de Montor]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Alexis-François Artaud de Montor | author-link = Alexis-François Artaud de Montor |url = https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft | title = The lives and times of the popes : including the complete gallery of the portraits of the pontiffs reproduced from "Effigies pontificum romanorum Dominici Basae": being a series of volumes giving the history of the world during the Christian era | year = 1911 | page = [https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft/page/n38 21] | via = [[Internet Archive|archive.org]] }} Quote: "Ignatius died of the wounds that were inflicted by ferocious beasts; Evaristus died under the hands of executioners, more cruel than the wild beasts themselves."</ref> However, in the [[Roman Martyrology]] he is listed without the [[martyr]] title, with a feast day on 26 October.<ref>"Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})</ref>

Pope Evaristus is buried near the body of [[Saint Peter]] in the Vatican, in [[Saint Peter's tomb]] under [[Saint Peter's Basilica]].<ref>[[List of popes]]</ref>