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Church History 5.1.40

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

Summary: Maturus and Sanctus were finally killed, made a spectacle to the world.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:192

οὗτοι μὲν οὖν, διʼ ἀγῶνος μεγάλου ἐπι- “πολὺ παραμενούσης αὐτῶν τῆς ψυχῆς, τοὔσχατον ‘ ἐτύθησαν διὰ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης, ἀντὶ πάσης τῆς “ἐν τοῖς μονομαχίοις ποικιλίας αὐτοὶ θέαμα “νοι τῷ κόσμῳ.

English · Claude translation

These, then, after a great contest, their life lasting a long time, were finally sacrificed that day, having been made themselves a spectacle to the world in place of all the variety of the gladiatorial combats.

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:192 · 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)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Ep. Lugd. (Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Letter of Vienne and Lyons, echoing 1 Cor 4:9.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.40 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/40/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.40 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/40/).

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