EUPHRONIUS, patriarch of Antioch. — When
in the Arian Synod of Antioch in 330 the bishop
Eustathius was deposed, Paulinus of Tyre governed that church for several months.
After his death a certain Eulalius was elected, but died shortly thereafter. The Arians then thought to entrust that church to Eusebius of Caesarea, but he declined the invitation on the grounds of the prohibition of the Council of Nicaea, which forbade the translation of bishops. At the suggestion of the emperor Constantine, E., a priest of Caesarea in Cappadocia and a follower of Arian ideas, was elected in 332. He governed for barely a year and a few months.
Bibl.: Socrates, Hist. ecc., I, 24; Socratene, Hist. ecc.,
XII, 19.