1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EUSTATHIUS, of Antioch, sometimes styled " the Great " (fl. 325), was a native of Side in Pamphylia. About 320 he was bishop of Beroea, and he was patriarch of Antioch before the council of Nicaea in 325. In that assembly he distinguished himself by his zeal against the Arians, though the Allocutio ad Imperatorem with which he has been credited is hardly genuine. His anti-Arian polemic against Euscbius of Caesarea made him unpopular among his fellow-bishops in the East, and a synod convened at Antioch in 330 passed…
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