Little is known of the life of Evodius. At the time, Antioch was an opulent and cosmopolitan city where both Hellenized Jews and pagans were influenced by monotheism.
Peter became the bishop of Antioch and led the church there.
Evodius was one of the 72 disciples of Christ.[1] He eventually succeeded Peter as bishop of Antioch when Peter left for Rome.[2]
It has been claimed that in one of his many writings, Evodius asserts that the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, the Saviour, when she was fifteen. However, no known writings of Evodius survive today.