He succeeded Agapius, whose time of office is not known, but Eusebius must have become bishop soon after 313. Eusebius then seems to have gone to Tyre and later to Egypt, where he first suffered persecution.Įusebius is next heard of as bishop of Caesarea Maritima. The resulting defence of Origen, in which they had collaborated, was finished by Eusebius after the death of Pamphilus and sent to the martyrs in the mines of Phaeno located in modern Jordan. In 307, Pamphilus was imprisoned, but Eusebius continued their project. He was in Caesarea when Agapius was bishop and became friendly with Pamphilus of Caesarea, with whom he seems to have studied the text of the Bible, with the aid of Origen's Hexapla and commentaries collected by Pamphilus, in an attempt to prepare a correct version. In 296 he was in Palestine and saw Constantine who visited the country with Diocletian. He became acquainted with the presbyter Dorotheus in Antioch and probably received exegetical instruction from him. However, it is estimated that he was born in 265. His exact date and place of birth are unknown.
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