Eoban [SEP] place of death
Eoban
Eoban (died 5 June 754 at Dokkum) was a companion of St. Boniface, and was martyred with him on his final mission. In Germany, he is revered as a bishop and martyr.
Biography.
Little is known of Eoban apart from what the "Vita Bonifatii" says. Apparently, he was an English priest who came to Germany together with St. Boniface. In 753, Willibald's "Vita" lists him as a Chorbishop. The "Fulda martyrology" mentions him as a bishop,
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After 756 the relics of the bishops of Utrecht Eoban and Adalar were transferred to Fulda, and buried next to St. Boniface. Before 1100 they had been then transferred to Erfurt. Around this time the veneration of the companions of St. Boniface began in Erfurt.
The Sarcophagus containing the relics of the saints Adalar and Eoban in the Erfurt Cathedral is dated from about 1350.
His feast day as a saint is 7 July.
References.
- Dehio "Mitteldeutschland", 1943, S. 94
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