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Church History 3.1.2

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Peter preached in Asia Minor and at last was crucified head downward in Rome at his own request.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:83–84

Πέτρος δὲ ἐν Πόντῳ καὶ Γαλατία καὶ Βιθυνία Καππαδοκία τε καὶ Ἀσία κεκηρυχέναι τοῖς ἐν διασπορᾷ Ἰουδαίοις ἔοικεν· ὃς καὶ ἐπὶ τέλει ἐν Ῥώμῃ γενόμενος ἀνεσκολοπίσθη κατὰ κεφαλῆς, οὕτως αὐτὸς ἀξιώσας παθεῖν.

English · Claude translation

Peter seems to have preached to the Jews of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, and Asia; and at last, having come to Rome, he was crucified head downwards, having himself asked to suffer in this way.

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Source
Dindorf 4:83–84 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
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Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to 1 Pet 1:1; from Origen, Commentary on Genesis 3.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/1/2/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/1/2/).

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