(b. c. 283 in Sardinia -– d. 371), was a lector in Rome and, from 344, bishop of Vercelli. Together with Lucifer of Cagliari, and following a request by Pope Liberius, he militated against Arianism (Arius/Arianism) and opposed the condemnation of Athanasius in the Synod of Milan (355). Constantius II banished him for this (Palestine, Cappadocia, Thebais); in 361, Julian the Apostate revoked the banishment, and Eusebius returned to his diocese in 363. … (Eva Schulz-Flügel, ‘Eusebius of Vercelli.’ Religion Past and Present. Brill Online, Reference: http://www.paulyonline.brill.nl/entries/religion-past-and-present/eusebius-of-vercelli-SIM_04747. See also J. Quasten, Patrology, vol. 4 (Notre Dame IN: Christian Classics, 1983) 62–64.)
Works
- Collected Works
- Eusebii Vercellensis Episcopi, quae supersunt, CCL 9 (ed. V. Bulhart; Turnholti: Brepols, 1957).
- S. Eusebio di Vercelli: documenti e osservazioni storico-teologiche (ed. M. Capellino; Vercelli, 1996).
- [Clavis 105] De Trinitate
- [Clavis 106] Epistula ad Constatntium Augustum
- [Clavis 107] Epistula ad presbyteros et plebem Ithaliae, una cum Libello facto ad Patrophilum cum suis
- [Clavis 108] Epistula ad Gregorium episcopum Spanensem [seu Illiberitanum]
- Epistulae iii ad Eusebium e concilio Mediolanensi a. 355: 109 i. Epist. Synodica — Appendix.
- Epistulae iii ad Eusebium e concilio Mediolanensi a. 355: 110 ii. Epist. legatorum Apostolicae Sedis — Appendix.
- Epistulae iii ad Eusebium e concilio Mediolanensi a. 355: 111 iii. Epist. Constantii Imperatoris
- Epistulae iv ad Eusebium a Liberio Papa datae: 111a
- Epistulae iv ad Eusebium a Liberio Papa datae: 111b
- Epistulae iv ad Eusebium a Liberio Papa datae: 111c
- Epistulae iv ad Eusebium a Liberio Papa datae: 111d
- Epistulae iv ad Eusebium a Liberio Papa datae: 111e Epitaphium Eusebii
Secondary references
- Levine, Philip., Lo scriptorium vercellese da S. Eusebio ad Attone, Quaderni dell’Istituto di belle arti di Vercelli 1 (Vercelli, 1958).
- Tietze, Walter, Lucifer von Calaris und die Kirchenpolitik des Constantius II: zum Konflikt zwischen dem Kaiser Constantius II. und der nikänisch-orthodoxen Opposition (Lucifer von Calaris, Athanasius von Alexandria, Hilarius von Poitiers, Ossius von Córdoba, Liberius von Rom und Eusebius von Vercelli) (Stuttgart, 1976).
- Bosco, Teresio, Eusebio di Vercelli: nel suo tempo pagano e cristiano (Leumann: Elle Di Ci, 1995).
- Williams, Daniel H., Ambrose of Milan and the end of the Arian-Nicene conflicts, Oxford early Christian studies (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995). [Chapter 2: Early Pro-Nicene Campaigns: Hilary of Poitiers and Eusebius of Vercelli]
- Eusebio di Vercelli e il suo tempo, Enrico dal Covolo, Renato Uglione, and Giovanni Maria Vian (eds.), Biblioteca di scienze religiose (Libreria Ateneo salesiano) 133 (Roma: LAS, 1997).
- 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: Brepols, 2006) 133-165.
Online resources
- ‘Eusebius of Vercelli’ (Fourth Century Christianity)
- Ott, Michael, ‘St. Eusebius.’ The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. (New Advent)