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Eusebius of Vercelli

Eusebius of Vercelli (c. 2 March 283 – 1 August 371) was a bishop from Sardinia and is counted a saint. Along with Athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism.

For other uses, see Eusebius (disambiguation).

Saint

Eusebius of Vercelli

c. 2 March 283[1]
Sardinia

1 August 371(371-08-01) (aged 88)
Vercelli, Piemonte

Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church

2 August; 15 December (General Roman Calendar 1602–1728); 16 December (General Roman Calendar 1729–1969)

Vercelli

Three short letters of Eusebius are printed in , Pat.Lat., XII, 947-54 and X, 713-14.[2]

Migne

(Of Famous Men, c. lvi, and Epistle lxi, n. 2) ascribes to him a Latin translation of a commentary on the Psalms, written originally in Greek by Eusebius of Caesarea; but this work has been lost.

Jerome

In the cathedral at Vercelli is preserved the , the earliest manuscript of the old Latin Gospels ("Codex a"), which was believed to have been written by Eusebius, though now scholars tend to doubt it.[6]

Codex Vercellensis

Krüger (Lucifer, Bischof von Calaris, Leipzig, 1886, 118–30) ascribes to Eusebius a baptismal oration by Caspari (Quellen sur Geschichte des Taufsymbols, Christiania, 1869, II, 132-40).

The confession of faith "Des. Trinitate confessio", P.L., XII, 959–968, sometimes ascribed to Eusebius, is spurious.

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Fourth Century Christianity: Eusebius of Vercelli

His writings

(in Italian)

Santi e beati: Sant' Eusebio di Vercelli

Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square

Covolo, Enrico; Uglione, Renato; Vian, Giovanni Maria (edd.). (1997). Eusebio di Vercelli e il suo tempo. (in Italian). (Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiana 1997).

Dattrino, L., "S. Eusebio di Vercelli: vescovo „martire“? vescovo „monaco“?," (in Italian), in: Augustinianum 24 (1984) 167-187.

N. Everett, "Narrating the Life of Eusebius of Vercelli", in R. Balzaretti and E.M. Tyler (eds), Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West (Turnhout, 2006: Brepols), pp. 133–165.

Nicholas Everett, Patron Saints of Early Medieval Italy AD c.350–800 (PIMS/ Durham University Press, 2016), pp.171–205.

Ferrari, M. (1996). "Eusebio di Vercelli e il suo tempo," (in Italian), in: Bollettino storico Vercellese 46 (1996), pp. 113-125.

Milano, E. (1987). "Eusebio di Vercelli, vescovo metropolita. Leggenda o realtà storica?", (in Italian), in: Italia Medioevale e Umanistica 30 (1987), 313–322.

Simonetti, M. (1997). "Eusebio nella controversia ariana," (in Italian), in: Covolo, E., Uglione, R. and Vian, G. M. (eds.) Eusebio di Vercelli ed il suo tempo, pp. 155–179.

Zangara, V. (1997). "Eusebio di Vercelli e Massimo di Torino: tra storia e agiografia," (in Italian), in: Eusebio di Vercelli e il suo tempo, pp. 257–321.