Eusebius of Samosata - ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ (d. 380)

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Identity

Bishop of Samosata, defender of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism, and associate of the Cappadocian Fathers.9

Names:

  • ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ5
  • Eusebius of Samosata
  • ܩܕܝܫܐ ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ3
  • ܩܰܕܝܫܐ ܐܽܘܣܰܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܰܡܺܝܫܰܛ3
  • القديس اوسابيوس السميساطي2
  • Bischof Eusebios von Samosata
  • Eusebius
  • Eusebius of Samosata11
  • EUSÈBE6
  • Eusèbe de Samosate5
  • Ewsebiyōs d-shamishṭ
  • Bischof Eusebios von Samosata10
  • Eusebios of Samosata
  • Eusebius of Samosata4
  • Eusebius, St.9
  • St. Eusebius of Samosata1
  • ʾEwsēbyōs da-Šmīšāṭ5

Sex: male6

Saint

  • St. 1

Description

In hagiography: In the Syriac version of Eusebius' Life , translated and commented upon by Devos, Eusebius had already become a Bishop of Samosata when he received a visit from Jacob of Nisibis, who allowed him to build a large church. He ordained priests and Bishops during the Arian controversy and was a good friend of the Cappadocians. He was killed by a blow to the head by an Arian woman.

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Dates

  • Death: 3806, 9
  • Bishop: “by 360” 9

Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), pp: 239.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), pp: 205.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), pp: 229.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Eusebius of Samosata.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 163.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 154.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 Alfred Baudrillart et al., Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912)., : XV, col. 1473-75.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : V, 261-62.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 9 F. L. Cross and Elizabeth A. Livingstone, The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church (London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1974)., entry: Eusebius, St.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag Dr. jur. Albert Ahn, 1922), pp: 60.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
  • 11 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Eusebius of Samosata.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
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How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “Eusebius of Samosata — ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ ” in Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/958.

Bibliography:

David A. Michelson et al., “Eusebius of Samosata — ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ .” In Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints, edited by David A. Michelson, Nathan P. Gibson and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org, 2016-. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/958.

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Entry Title: Eusebius of Samosata — ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܕܫܡܝܫܛ

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  • Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
  • German data entry by Samer Khader
  • Editing, document design, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Arabic name entry by Philemon Kirlles
  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
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  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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