Eusebius of Caesarea
c. 260–339 · Greek Church (Palestine: Caesarea) · Caesarea Maritima
Eusebius (c. 260–339), pupil of the martyr Pamphilus and from about 313 bishop of Caesarea, is the father of Church history and the chief chronicler of the Constantinian settlement. His two surviving orations, the panegyric on the rebuilt basilica of Tyre and the address for Constantine's thirtieth anniversary, are the earliest specimens of Christian ceremonial oratory.