Church History 6.39.4

Summary: Babylas of Antioch also died in prison and was succeeded by Fabius.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:280

τῷ δʼ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ παραπλησίως ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοῦ Βαβύλα μετὰ τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἐν δεσμωτηρίῳ μεταλλάξαντος Φάβιος τῆς αὐτόθι προΐσταται ἐκκλησίας.

Like Alexander, Babylas at Antioch died in prison after his confession, and Fabius presided over the church there.

Source: Dindorf 4:280 · 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)
Topics: Martyrdom, Church office

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.39.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/39/4/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.39.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/39/4/).