Back يوسابيوس النيقوميدي Arabic يوسابيوس النيقوميدى ARZ Eusebiu de Nicomedia AST Еўсевій Нікамедыйскі BE Евсевий Никомидийски Bulgarian Eusebi de Nicomèdia Catalan Eusebios z Nikomédie Czech Eusebios fra Nikomedia Danish Eusebius von Nikomedia German Ευσέβιος ο Νικομηδείας Greek
Eusebius of Nicomedia | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Constantinople | |
| Installed | 339 |
| Term ended | 341 |
| Predecessor | Paul I of Constantinople |
| Successor | Paul I of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Denomination | Arian Christianity |
Eusebius of Nicomedia (/juːˈsiːbiəs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος; died 341) was an Arian priest who baptized Constantine the Great on his deathbed in 337.[1][2] A fifth-century legend evolved that Pope Sylvester I was the one to baptize Constantine, but this is dismissed by scholars as a forgery 'to amend the historical memory of the Arian baptism that the emperor received at the end of his life, and instead to attribute an unequivocally orthodox baptism to him.'[3][4] He was a bishop of Berytus (modern-day Beirut) in Phoenicia. He was later made the bishop of Nicomedia, where the Imperial court resided. He lived finally in Constantinople from 338 up to his death.
- ^ Eusebius of Caesarea (1890). Life of Constantine. New York, The Christian literature Company. p. 556. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Jerome (380). Chronicon. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
Constantine, baptized by Eusebius of Nicomedia at the very end of his life, falls into the dogma of Arius, and from that time until now seizures of churches and discord of the whole world have followed.
- ^ Canella, Tessa (January 2018). "Sylvester I". Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. Academia.edu: 2. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Loomis, Louise Ropes (1916). The book of the popes (Liber pontificalis). Columbia University Press. p. 42.