Andeolus or Andéol was born in Smyrna in the 2nd century. A subdeacon he was sent by Polycarp along with Benignus to evangelize southern Gaul. He went to the Vivarais. Septimius Severus passing through that region had him put to death; his head was stabbed with a gladius on May 1 208 at Bergoiata a Gallic settlement on a rocky peak over the Rhône River which would be later known as Bourg-Saint-Andéol.
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