Feastday: October 24
Death: 5th century
Bishop of Cologne, Germany, and possibly a martyr. He was raised by St. Severinus in Tongres, Belgium, and eventually succeeded Severinus as bishop of Cologne. Evergislus was reported to have been beaten to death by pagan robbers, but there is some reason to question that he died from the assault, as there is a reference by St. Gregory of Tours that Evergislus took part in reforming a convent in Paris many years after his reported martyrdom.
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