- Pope Eusebius
Infobox Pope
English name=Saint Eusebius
birth_name=Eusebius
term_start=April 18 ,309 or 310
term_end=August 17 ,309 or 310
predecessor=Marcellus I
successor=Miltiades
birth_date=???
birthplace=???
dead=dead|death_date=310
deathplace=Sicily ,Italy | infobox popestyles
papal name=Pope Eusebius
dipstyle=His Holiness
offstyle=Your Holiness
relstyle=Holy Father
deathstyle=Saint |Pope Saint Eusebius (from Greek "Εὐσέβιος" "pious", from "eu" (εὖ) "well" and "sebein" (σέβειν) "to respect") was
pope in the year 309 or 310.His pontificate lasted only from
April 18 toAugust 17 , after which, in consequence of disturbances within the Church which led to acts of violence, he was banished by the emperorMaxentius , who had been the ruler ofRome since 306, and had at first shown himself friendly to the Christians. The difficulty arose, as in the case of his predecessorPope Marcellus I , out of his attitude toward the Lapsed, which represented the milder standpoint.Eusebius died in exile in
Sicily and was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus.Pope Damasus I placed anepitaph of eighthexameter s over his tomb; the epithet "martyr" contained in them is not to betaken in the strict sense.His feast is on
September 26 .External links
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01_01_0309-0310-_Eusebius,_Sanctus.html Opera Omnia]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05615b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: "Pope St. Eusebius"]
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