Pope Eusebius

For other uses, see Eusebius (disambiguation).
Pope Saint

Eusebius
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began18 April 309
Papacy ended21 October 310
PredecessorMarcellus I
SuccessorMiltiades
Personal details
Born3rd century
Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
Died21 October 310
Sicily, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day17 August

Pope Eusebius (died 21 October 310) was the bishop of Rome from 18 April 309 until his exile on 17 August 310.

Biography

Not much is known about Eusebius's early life, but he was probably a Greek.[1]

As in the case of his predecessor, Marcellus I, difficulty arose out of Eusebius's attitude toward the lapsi.[2][3] Eusebius maintained the attitude of the Roman Church, adopted after the Decian persecutions (250–51), that the apostates should not be forever debarred from ecclesiastical communion, but readmitted after doing proper penance. This view was opposed by a faction of Christians in Rome under the leadership of Heraclius. Johann Peter Kirsch believes it likely that Heraclius was the chief of a party made up of apostates and their followers, who demanded immediate restoration to the Roman Church. Emperor Maxentius intervened and exiled them both on 17 August 310 (N.S..[4][5]

Eusebius died in exile in Sicily on 21 October 310 N.S.[6] and was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus.[7] Pope Damasus I placed an epitaph over his tomb because of his firm defence of ecclesiastical discipline and the banishment which he suffered thereby.[4][3] His feast is celebrated on 17 August. The feast had previously been observed on 26 September.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Rendina, Claudio (2002). The Popes: Histories and Secrets. Seven Locks Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-931643-13-9.
  2. ^ "Butler, Alban. "St. Eusebius, Pope and Confessor", Lives of the Saints, 1866". 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). "Eusebius". New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
  4. ^ a b Herbermann, Charles G.; Pace, Edward A.; Pallen, Condé Bénoist; Shahan, Thomas J.; Wynne, John J.; MacErlean, Andrew A., eds. (1907). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Volume 5. New York: Robert Appleton Co. p. 615. OCLC 1017058.
  5. ^ Guiley, Rosemary (2001). The Encyclopedia of Saints. New York: Facts on File. p. 103. ISBN 9780816041336.
  6. ^ Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780814631867; Reardon, Wendy J. (2010). The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN 9780786461165.
  7. ^ a b "Saint Eusebius". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 July 1998. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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