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The holy, glorious right-victorious [[Hieromartyr]] '''Evangelicus of Tomis''' (also ''Evangelus'') is the first-known [[bishop]] of Tomis, a Greek city in Scythia Minor, a region evangelized in the first century by the [[Apostle Andrew]]. Tomis is now known as Constanţa, the largest city on the Black Sea coast of Dobrogea, Romania.

St. Evangelicus was bishop of Tomis from about 290 to 300 and was renowned for [[convert]]ing many still-pagan Dacians and Scythians to the Christian faith. He was mentioned in the ''Act of Martyrdom'' of Sts. [[Epictetus the Priest]] and [[Astion the Monk]], both [[martyr]]ed on [[July 8]] in Halmyris (modern Dunavăţ). St. Astion's parents were converted by the Priest Bonosus and [[baptism|baptized]] by Bishop Evangelicus in Halmyris 14 days after their son's martyrdom.

St. Evangelicus is believed to have been martyred during the persecution of [[Diocletian]]. His feast day is [[July 7]].

==External link==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101962 Martyr Evangelicus the Bishop of Tomis, Constanta in Romania] ([[OCA]])

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[[Category:3rd-century bishops]]
[[Category:Martyrs]]
[[Category:Romanian Saints]]
[[Category:3rd-century saints]]

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