Jerome, Illustrious Men 113
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is directly attested at Jerome, Illustrious Men 113. This passage was written ca. 392-393 C.E. possibly in Bethlehem. Among his many works, St. Jerome wrote a catalog of renowned thinkers of the Roman world during the first years after his move from Rome to Bethlehem. In mostly brief sketches he describes the intellectual achievements, particularly writings, of 135 men, many leaders in the early Church. He portrays five figures from Caesarea Maritima, including this passage on Euzoius, who lived during the 4th century.

Euzoius, apud Thespesium rhetorem, cum Gregorio Nazianzeno episcopo adolescens Caesareae eruditus est, et eiusdem postea urbis episcopus, plurimo labore, corruptam iam bibliothecam Origenis et Pamphili in membranis instaurare conatus est. Ad extremum sub Theodosio principe ecclesia pulsus est. Feruntur eius varii multiplicesque tractatus, quos nosse perfacile est.

[Ed. Bernoulli 1895]

Euzoius as a young man was educated at Caesarea at the school of Thespesius, together with bishop Gregory of Nazianzus. Later, when he was bishop of the same city, he tried with great effort to restore on parchment pages the Library of Origen and Pamphilus, which had already deteriorated. In the end, during the reign of the emperor Theodosius, he was expelled from the Church. Many varied treatises of his are in circulation, and one may very easily become acquainted with them.

[Adapted from Schaff 1892 and Halton 1999]

Works Cited

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Additional Bibliography

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[Jerome, Letters 34.1]

[Gregory of Nazianzus

Origen

Pamphilus

Theodosius I, emperor]

[Christianity

Education (secular)

Society and Culture

Urban Topography]