Eusebius of Nicomedia

Eusebius of Nicomedia was the most influential bishop at the court of Constantine and Constantius II in the controversy over Arius. Only a few letters survive, among them his letter to Paulinus of Tyre preserved by Theodoret.

Dates

died 341 (or 342) (approximate)

See or city

Nicomedia

Region

Bithynia

Also known as

Eusebius of Berytus

Notes

Bishop of Berytus, then of Nicomedia (from about 318) and, from 338/339, of Constantinople. A friend of Arius and, with Eusebius of Caesarea, a leading figure in the opposition to Alexander and later to Athanasius; he baptized Constantine in 337. Exiled after Nicaea (325) and restored in 328.

Works

• Letter to Paulinus of TyreEpistula ad Paulinum Tyrium · ca. 320–323 · CPG number not yet checked