Eusebius ( gr, Εὐσέβιος) was a
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Thessalonica
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
during the time of Pope
Gregory the Great (590–604).
In the year 601, Pope Gregory wrote a letter to Eusebius about an affair regarding a monk in Rome named Andreas (Andrew). The monk allegedly had written works in Greek that contained various falsehoods and then made it appear like Gregory was the author of them. Because the works may have been disseminated in Thessalonica, Gregory asked Eusebius to search for them and destroy them. Gregory stated in the letter that he did not speak Greek, nor had he ever written anything in Greek.
Eusebius wrote a polemical work of 10 books against Andreas.
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