Eustathius of Antioch

Eustathius was an anti-Arian bishop of Antioch and an early critic of Origen's allegorical exegesis. His treatise On the Witch of Endor argues, against Origen, that the figure who appeared to Saul was not the real prophet Samuel; a few fragments of other works survive.

Dates

died ca. 330s (disputed)

See or city

Antioch

Region

Syria

Also known as

Eustathius of Beroea

Notes

Bishop of Beroea, then of Antioch (about 324/325), a leading opponent of Arius at Nicaea; deposed and exiled to Thrace (about 326–330). The date of his death is disputed (a decade after 330 or later). Honoured as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Works

• On the Witch of Endor, against OrigenDe engastrimytho contra Origenem · ca. 324–337 · CPG 3395 (not yet checked)