Pamphilus of Caesarea

Presbyter of Caesarea

b. c. 250 · d. 16 Feb 309

Pamphilus, was a priest of Caesarea and chief among the biblical scholars of his generation. He was the friend and teacher of Eusebius of Caesarea, who recorded details of his career in a three-book Vita that has been lost.

Related people

Pierius disciple of · traditional

Events

Commemorated

Pamphilus of Caesarea

Places

Beirut birth
Caesarea Maritima death

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Ecclesiastical History 2 claims — The Apology for Origen written in prison; The martyrdom of Pamphilus
De Viris Illustribus 1 claim — Pamphilus builds the library at Caesarea
On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De Mortibus Persecutorum) 1 claim — Great Persecution