There was once a biography of Eusebius, written by his successor as Caesarea's bishop, but like so many other documents, it is lost. So we know nothing for certain about this historian's early life.

Eusebius of Caesarea is not a very well-known name outside of scholarly circles. He was born in the last half of the third century in Caesarea Maritima, in what is today Israel.

The tomb of St. Eusebius at the Catacombs of St. Callistus in Rome has been restored. Vatican officials celebrated the restoration Jun 4. After only four months as pontiff, Eusebius was exiled to ...