Patronage
2 saints are venerated as patrons of parish priests, led by Evaristus (feast day October 27).
c. 62 — c. 107 · Feast day: October 27
Pope Evaristus (c. 99–107 AD) organized the Roman Church by dividing the city into parishes assigned to specific priests, establishing roots of the modern parish system. Tradition holds he was martyred under Emperor Trajan and buried near Saint Peter's tomb.
16 — 92 · Feast day: April 26
The third Bishop of Rome, Anacletus served c. 80–92 AD, ordaining priests and dividing Rome into twenty-five parishes. He was martyred at the end of his pontificate and buried near St. Peter's tomb in the Vatican Necropolis. His name (as Cletus) remains in the Roman Canon of the Mass.