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Eusebius (Greek language|Greek word:
euseves=pious, d. 310) was Pope in the year 309 or
310.  His pontificate lasted only from April 18 to
August 17, after which, in consequence of
disturbances within the Church which led to acts
of violence, he was banished by the emperor
Maxentius, who had been the ruler of Rome since
306, and had at first shown himself friendly to
the Christianity|Christians. The 
difficulty arose, as in the case of his
predecessor Pope Marcellus I, out of his attitude
toward the Lapsed, which represented the milder
standpoint. 

Eusebius died in exile in Sicily and was buried in
the cemetery of Calixtus. Pope Damasus I placed an
epitaph of eight hexameters over his tomb; the
epithet "martyr" contained in them is not to be
taken in the strict sense. 

His feast is on September 26.

Pope|
Predecessor=Pope Marcellus I|Saint Marcellus I|
Successor=Pope Miltiades|Saint
Miltiades|Dates=c.309-310

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