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Eusebius of Caesarea
Christian bishop and historian
Also known as: Eusebius Pamphili
Category:
History & Society
- Also called:
- Eusebius Pamphili
- Flourished:
- 4th century, Caesarea Palestinae, Palestine
- Flourished:
- c.301 - c.400
- Israel
- Notable Works:
- “Ecclesiastical History”
- Subjects Of Study:
- history of early Christianity
Eusebius of Caesarea (flourished 4th century, Caesarea Palestinae, Palestine) was a bishop, exegete, polemicist, and historian whose account of the first centuries of Christianity, in his Ecclesiastical History, is a landmark in Christian historiography. Eusebius was baptized and ordained at Caesarea, where he was taught by the learned presbyter Pamphilus, to whom he was bound by ties of respect and affection and from whom he derived the name Eusebius Pamphili (“the son or servant of Pamphilus”). Pamphilus came to be persecuted by the Romans for his beliefs and died in martyrdom in 310. After the death of Pamphilus, Eusebius withdrew ...(100 of 669 words)