Euprepius

Saint Euprepius of Verona (Euprepus, Puprepis) is venerated as the first bishop of Verona. Not much is known of his life beyond the fact that his name was Greek (from the Greek words , "well", and , "adapted, suited"), which is considered evidence of the antiquity of the Veronese see. Background According to the local tradition of Verona, he was one of the Seventy Disciples mentioned in the Gospel of Luke , and his name does not appear among the seventy in the 2nd-century list compiled by Hippolytus of Rome. Local tradition states that Euprepius was bishop of Verona from 60 to 72 AD. Euprepius' death may have occurred at the end of the 1st century or beginning of the 2nd century. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "the period of St. Euprepius, and therefore of the erection of the see, must be placed not before the peace given to the Church under Gallienus (260), but rather under the first period of the reign of Diocletian, when the Church enjoyed peace." Francis Turner Palgrave remarked in the 19th century that "of course the greater number are imaginary, and therefore as uninteresting as possible; but the artist has given his subjects expression and variety."

In 1961 the Sacred Congregation of Rites, in accordance with a proposal of the bishop of Verona, Giuseppe Carraro, joined the bishop saints of Verona under a single feast day (October 30), although Euprepius' separate feast day (August 21) was conserved due to the fact that he was the city's first bishop.