EUSEBIO BRUNONE. – French bishop and theologian, born at the beginning of the 11th century, died at Angers in 1081. Having succeeded Uberto di Vendôme in the see of Angers in 1047, he attended various councils and was soon involved in the Berengarian controversy, which had just begun at that time.
Berengario, as archdeacon of Angers and teacher of E., enjoyed considerable influence with the bishop, who was immediately accused of being his supporter. To clear himself, E. wrote a letter to Berengario around 1082, in which he set forth his Eucharistic faith in precise terms; it is perfectly orthodox. The letter, previously printed by Menard and De Roye, is reproduced by Migne: PL 147, 1201–1204.
BIBL.: Hurter, I, col. 1051, n. 1; F. I. Schäfer, s. V. in Cath. Enc., V, coll. 616–17; J. Gerselmann, Die Eucharistielehre der Vorscholistik, Paderborn 1926, pp. 299–300. Antonio Piolanti