Sozomen, Church History 3.2.9
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Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης

, and

Caesarea Palestinae

are directly attested at Sozomen, Church History 3.2.9. This passage was written ca. ca. 440-450 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. Salaminius Hermias Sozomenos, or Sozomen, was an important ecclesiastical historian of the first half of the 5th century. Born to a wealthy Christian family in the region of Gaza, he learned classical and sacred literature under the guidance of local monks, he studied law at Beirut, and spent his career at Constantinople during the reign of Theodosius II. His extant history (the second of two written), which depends significantly on the works by Eusebius, Rufinus, and Socrates, surveys the events of the church from the conversion of Constantine to the accession of Valentinian III, but the ending is unfinished or possibly damaged. In this passage, Sozomen mentions the career of Acacius, the successor to Eusebius as bishop of Caesarea.

Περὶ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Παμφίλου τελευτήσαντος διαδέχεται τὴν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης ἐπισκοπὴν Ἀκάκιος. ὃς πρὸς αὐτὸν Εὐσέβιον τὸν ζῆλον ἔχων καὶ ὑπ’ αὐτῷ τοὺς ἱεροὺς παιδευθεὶς λόγους ἱκανός τε νοεῖν καὶ φράζειν ἀστεῖος ἐγένετο, ὡς καὶ πολλὰ συγγράμματα λόγου ἄξια καταλιπεῖν.

[Ed. Bidez and Hansen 1995]

Around this time Eusebius Pamphili died and Acacius succeeded (him) as bishop of Caesarea Palestinae. He was a zealous imitator of Eusebius because he had been instructed by him in the Sacred Words. He possessed a capable mind and polished expression, so that he left many writings worthy of commendation.

[Adapted from Hartranft 1890]

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[* Socrates, Church History 2.4]

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Pamphilus]

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