▁first ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Paris . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁legend ▁assured ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁" ap ost ol ic ▁succession " ▁from ▁Paul ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁epis cop ate ▁of ▁É vre ux . ▁ ▁T aur inus ▁became ▁bishop ▁of ▁Ev re ux ▁around ▁ 3 8 5 . ▁His ▁legend ▁states ▁that ▁T aur inus ▁faced ▁a ▁demon ▁at ▁É vre ux ▁that ▁took ▁three ▁shapes : ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁l ion , ▁a ▁bear ▁and ▁a ▁buff alo . ▁ ▁These ▁met am orph oses ▁either ▁represented ▁various ▁dead ly ▁s ins , ▁or ▁represented ▁the ▁official ▁Roman ▁religion ▁( l ion ), ▁the ▁worship ▁of ▁D iana ▁( b ear ), ▁and ▁the ▁local ▁agr arian - based ▁relig ions ▁( the ▁buff alo ). ▁According ▁to ▁Order ic ▁V ital is ▁in ▁his ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica , ▁T aur inus ▁exp elled ▁the ▁demon ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁temple ▁of ▁D iana , ▁and ▁when ▁it ▁obey ed ▁his ▁order ▁to ▁break ▁its ▁own ▁id ols ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁immediately ▁cast ▁into ▁the ▁Pit , ▁but ▁was ▁instead ▁pun ished ▁by ▁remaining ▁in ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁it ▁had ▁ruled ▁while ▁seeing ▁the ▁people ▁it ▁had ▁tor ment ed ▁saved . ▁He ▁reported ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁people ▁as ▁G ob el inus , ▁and ▁still ▁ha unted ▁É vre ux , ▁appearing ▁in ▁various ▁shapes , ▁but ▁hurt ▁no - one . ▁T aur inus ▁then ▁converted ▁the ▁local ▁pag an ▁temple ▁into