EUFRATA. — Bishop of Cologne. In 344 he was sent by the emperor Constans, together with Vincenzo, bishop of Capua, to Antioch to obtain from Constantius the return of St. Athanasius. During his stay in the city, E. fell victim to an ignoble attack plotted against him by Bishop Stefano, who was consequently deposed. The spurious acts of a Council held at Cologne in 346 report that E. had embraced the error of Fotinus, asserting that Jesus Christ was merely a man; accused by his faithful, he was supposedly condemned and deposed by a synod of all the bishops of Gaul. This information is not reliable.
BIBL.: S. Atanasio, Hist. Arianorum, 20 ff.; Teodoroto, Hist. eccl., 11, 7; Tillemont, VI, Venice 1732, pp. 761–64; L. Duchesne, Pastes episcopatus de l'ancienne Gaulo, I, Paris 1907, p. 361; III, ibid. 1915, p. 178. Agostino Amore