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Aiiius, and his Followers. Euzoius. 595
who had been made bishop oi' Nice instead of Theognis,
were removed.
Nothino- remains of Eusebius, that is nndonl)t('dly oemiine,
except a letter to Paulinus liishop of Tyre, preserved
by' Tlieodoret.
Ammianiis says, that* he was related at a distance to the
emperor Julian; and possibly therefore to Constantino like-
wise. Unquestionably, Ensebins was a man of great abilities
: the eminence of the sees of Nicomedia, and then of
Constantinople, in which he presided, g-ave him an advantage,
as he was always near the court. But his own address
was what principally rendered him so capable to forward
the Arian interests as he did. Sozomen, not to mention the
praises bestowed on him by Eusebius of Coesarea, and others,
his particular^ friends, owns" he was a learned man.
10. ' Euzoius,' says ' Jerom, ' when young-, was educated
' at Caisarea, together with Gregory Nazianzen, by Thespe-
' sins the rhetorician. And,M'hen afterwards bishop of that
' city, he took a great deal of pains to repair the library of
' Origen and Pampliilus, which had suffered very much in
* the parchments. At length in the reign of Theodosius he
' was expelled tlie church. Many treatises of his, upon
' various subjects, are in being, and may be easily had.'
Euzoius succeeded ''" Acacius in 366, or soon after, and
was deposed in 379 or 380.
Jerom does in another place s])eak of these repairs of the
library at Ca^sarea. The passage seems to be curious; I
therefore transcribe it largely at the bottom of the" page.
• Theod. 1. i. c. 6. ' ibidem ab Eusebio educatus
episcopo, quern generelongiiis contingebat. Arnm. 1. xxii. c. 9.
' — bv uTOQ aTroOicd^H ytiyav. Phist. 1. i. C. 8.
"
p. 427. D.
avt^a fWoyifjiOv, Kai iv (iaaiknoiQ TtTi^i]fisvov. Soz. 1, i. C. 15.
" Euzoius apud Thespetium rhetorem cum Gregorio
Nazienzeno episcopo adolescens Caesareae eruditus est : et ejusdem postea
iirbis episcopus plurimo labore corruptam bibliothecam Origenis et Pamphili
membranis inslaurare conatus est. Ad extremum sub Theodosio principe
ecclesia pulsus est. Feruntur ejus varii multiplicesque Iractatus, quos nosse
perfacile est. De V. I. c. 13.
* V. Cav. in Euzoio.
" Beatus Pamphilus martyr— quum Demetrium Phalereum et Pisistratum in
sacrce bibliothecae studio vellet eequare— tunc vel niaxime Origenis libros impensius
prosecutus, Csesariensi ecclesia; dedicavit : quam ex paile corruptam
Acacius, dehinc et Euzoius, ejusdem ecclesiae sacerdotes, in membranis restau-
rare conati sunt. Hie cum multa repererit, et mventorum nobis indicera
reliquerit, centesimi vigesimi sextiPsalmi commentarium, et Phe literae tractatum,
ex eo quod non inscripsit, confessus est non repertum. Non quod talis
tantusque vir (Adamantium dicimus) aliquid prffiterieril :
sed quod negligentia
posterorum ad nostram usque mcmoriam non duravit. Ad Marcellum. 0pp.
T. ii. p. 171. al. Ep. 141