Saint Evethius of Nicomedia

Evezio (fl. 4th century) was a Christian martyr killed in Nicomedia during the persecutions of Diocletian. The memory of Evezio, a martyr in Nicomedia, is contained in the early 5th-century Syriac Martyrology and in various codices of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, which commemorate him on February 22 or 24. On February 23, 303, Diocletian's edict against Christians was published in Nicomedia; Evezio, a high-ranking figure (possibly a member of the imperial palace staff), tore down the edict posted in public and was subsequently condemned to death. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum associates Evezio with the martyr Peter, who is not mentioned in the Syriac Martyrology. The eulogy for Saint Evezio is found in the Roman Martyrology on February 24.