EUFRONIUS, patriarch of ANTIOCH. — When Bishop Eustathius was deposed at the Arian Synod of Antioch in 330, Paulinus of Tyre governed that church for several months. At his death, a certain Eulalius was elected, but died shortly thereafter. The Arians then thought of entrusting that church to Eusebius of Caesarea, but he declined the invitation, citing the prohibition of the Council of Nicaea, which forbade the transfer of bishops. At the suggestion of the emperor Constantine, E. was then elected in 332; he had previously been a priest of Caesarea in Cappadocia and a follower of Arian ideas. He governed for barely a year and a few months.
BIBL.: Socrates, Hist. eccl., I, 24; Sozomen, Hist. eccl., XII, 19. Augustine Amore