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| Blessed Eve of Liège, Pray for us ! |
⛪ Other Names :
• Eve of Saint-Martin • Eve of Mount Cornelius • Eva, Evelyne, Heva
⛪ Memorial :
14 March
5 April with Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon on some calendars
26 May on some calendars
6 June on some calendars
25 June on some calendars
26 June on some calendars
⛪ Born :
c.1205 in Liège, Belgium
⛪ Died :
• 1265 in LiΓ¨ge, Belgium of natural causes • Buried in the church of Saint Martin in LiΓ¨ge • Relics enshrined in 1542, 1622 and 1746 • Relics currently enshrined in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Antwerp and LiΓ¨ge
Born wealthy, she gave it up to become an anchoress at the church of Saint Martin in in Liège, Belgium. Friend of Blessed Juliana of Mont Cornillon, and continued her campaign to introduce the feast of Corpus Christi. The feast originated in Liège, Belgium, in 1246 and was extended throughout the Church in the West a little later by Pope Urban IV. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) wrote the Liturgy of the Hours for it.
When Blessed Juliana was prioress of Mount Cornillon, one of her closest friends was a holy recluse, Eva, or Heva, of Liege, whom she inspired with her own enthusiastic purpose to obtain the institution of a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. It was in Eva's cell near the church of St. Martin that Juliana found refuge when she was driven for the first time from Cornillon, and it was Eva who took up her mission after she died. The accession of Pope Urban IV raised her hopes, for he had formerly shown himself sympathetic when, as archdeacon James Pantaleon, he had been approached on the subject by Blessed Juliana. Eva's hopes were fulfilled. Not only did he institute the festival of Corpus Christi, but he sent to her the bull of authorization as well as a special office for the day St. Thomas Aquinas had compiled at his desire.