Saint Évence de Rome

Saint Eventius was a Roman priest martyred in 115 or 117, according to the Liber Pontificalis. He was beheaded alongside Pope Saint Alexander I and Saint Theodulus. Initially buried at the site of his execution, three miles from the city of Rome on the Via Nomentana, his body was later transferred to the Basilica of Saint Sabina in Rome. Various places and churches bear his name: This is the case for the Saint-Eventius church in Èvres, in the Meuse department. This church houses a statue of Saint Eventius, which, like the church itself, is classified as a historical monument. A chapel also bears his name at the location known as "Puy de Saint-Évence," in Saint-Denis, in the Aosta Valley. The church in the small village of Chermizy-Ailles, a key site of the 1917 Nivelle Offensive, is dedicated to Saint Eventius. A Saint-Eventius church and fountain are located in the center of the town of Lannebert, in Côtes-d’Armor.