Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 91

St Jerome (AD 345–420) · De viris illustribus · PL 23, 598–720

91 Eusebius another bishop PL 23, 695

Eusebius of Emesa, who had fine rhetorical talent, composed innumerable works suited to win popular applause and writing historically he is most diligently read by those who practise public speaking. Among these the chief are, Against Jews, Gentiles and Novatians and Homilies on the Gospels, brief but numerous. He flourished in the reign of the emperor Constantius in whose reign he died, and was buried at Antioch.

Eusebius, Emesenus episcopus, elegantis et rhetorici ingenii, innumerabiles, et qui ad plausum populi pertinent, confecit libros, magisque historiam secutus, ab his qui declamare volunt, studiosissime legitur, e quibus vel praecipui sunt adversum Judaeos, et Gentes, et Novatianos, et ad Galatas libri decem, et in Evangelia homiliae breves, sed plurimae. Floruit temporibus Constantii Imperatoris, sub quo et mortuus, Antiochiae sepultus est.

Εὐσέβιος, Ἐμεσηνὸς, εὐφυῶς καὶ ῥητορικῶς, ἀναριθμήτους καὶ εἰς κρότον τοῦ λαοῦ συντείνοντας ἐποιήσατο λόγους, καὶ μᾶλλον ἀκολουθῶν ἱστορίᾳ, ὅστις σπουδαιότερον ἀναγινώσκεται παρὰ τῶν κρότοις χαιρόντων, ἀφ' ὧν εἰσιν ἐξαίρετοι λόγοι δέκα, κατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ Ἐθνῶν, καὶ Νωβατιανῶν, καὶ πρὸς Γαλάτας εἷ, εἰς Εὐαγγέλια ὁμιλίαι βραχύταται μὲν, πολλαὶ δὲ. Ἤνθησεν ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίου βασιλέως, καὶ τελευτήσας ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐτάφη.

Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (eds.), New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1890-1900. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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