ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 8th of October
EWIGIUS, CONFESSOR
Ewigius (October 8), a confessor from England; is mentioned by just one single source, Grevenus*, but is unknown to English martyrologists, and the Bollandists* suspect that there may be a confusion of names here. (IV. 3)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 151)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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