Eusebius of Caesarea
Greek Christian scholar, c.260-c.340
b. c. 265 · d. c. 340
Eusebius of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Palaestina.
Related people
- Dorotheus of Tyre disciple of · traditional
- Acacius of Caesarea teacher of · traditional
Works
- Chronicon 311
- Life of Constantine 4th century
- Praeparatio evangelica
- The Letters of Jesus and Abgar c. 3rd century
- Martyrs of Palestine 4th century
- Epistula ad Carpianum
- Onomasticon (Eusebius) c. 320
- In Praise of Constantine
- Life of Pamphilus
- Collection of ancient martyrs
- De ecclesiastica theologia
- Commentary on Isaiah
- Commentaries on the Psalms
- History of the Martyrs of Palestine
Events
Places
- Caesarea Maritima death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 3 claims — The Apology for Origen written in prison; The martyrdom of Pamphilus; Eusebius writes the Church History
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De Mortibus Persecutorum) 1 claim — Great Persecution
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — First Council of Nicaea
- The Early Church 1 claim — First Synod of Tyre
Also recorded as
- Eusebius possibly same