The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Euzoius of Antioch
d. c. AD 376 · Arian bishop of Antioch · Deacon condemned with Arius · Alexandria → Antioch
The Nicene Age
Who Euzoius of Antioch was
Arius's companion from the very beginning — the Alexandrian deacon deposed and anathematized with him in 320, restored with him, and co-signer of the mild petition-creed laid before Constantine. Made Arian bishop of Antioch in 361, he held the see fifteen years and performed the era's most symbolic act: it was Euzoius who baptized the dying Constantius II — the emperor of the Arian councils, christened at the last by Arius's oldest friend.
Also listed in the bishops of Antioch and heretics & schismatics.
Common questions
When did Euzoius die?
Euzoius of Antioch is dated d. c. AD 376 in the archive, which places Euzoius in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Euzoius?
Euzoius of Antioch is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Epiphanius of Salamis and Socrates Scholasticus. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Euzoius from?
The archive associates Euzoius of Antioch with Alexandria, Antioch. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Euzoius’ contemporaries?
The archive links Euzoius of Antioch to 2 other figures, including Arius and Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Panarion 69.6 (among the deacons deposed with Arius, later bishop)
c. AD 375Socrates, Ecclesiastical History II.47
c. AD 439Constantius, despairing of his life, received baptism at the hands of Euzoius — whom the Arians had made bishop of Antioch — and shortly after died at Mopsucrenae.Socrates Scholasticus · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Euzoius, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.