{{Short description|Christian martyr}} {{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix = Saint |name= Evellius |birth_date= |death_date= {{circa}} 66 |feast_day= 11 May |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church<br>Eastern Orthodox Church<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[https://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3102/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐβέλλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας].'' 11 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref> |image= |imagesize=150px |caption= |birth_place= |death_place= Pisa, Roman Italy |titles= Martyr |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }}

'''Evellius''' ({{langx|it|Evelio, Evellio}}, died {{circa}} AD 66) was an early Christian martyr. He was a counselor to the emperor Nero who converted to Christianity during the martyrdom of Saint Torpes of Pisa.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Holweck |first=Frederick George |author-link=Frederick George Holweck |title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints: With a General Introduction on Hagiology |date=1924 |publisher=B. Herder |volume=1 |pages=356 |language=en}}</ref> He fled to Rome but was apprehended and executed on his arrival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gachie |first=Laban Thua |date=2019-07-16 |title=St Evellius of Pisa - Feast Day - May 11 |url=https://catholicreadings.org/saint-evellius-of-pisa/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Catholic Daily Readings |language=en-US}}</ref>

Evellius is venerated by saint in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches, and his feast day is celebrated on 11 May.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-22 |title=Saint Evellius of Pisa |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-evellius-of-pisa/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=CatholicSaints.Info |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3299 St. Evellius - Catholic Online]

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Category:66 deaths Category:1st-century Christian martyrs Category:Year of birth unknown

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