{"slug": "eusebius-of-nicomedia", "label": "Eusebius of Nicomedia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius_of_Nicomedia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321639", "qid": "Q321639", "description": "Arian bishop who baptized Constantine", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [319, 341], "span_label": ["319 CE", "341 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "nicomedia", "label": "Nicomedia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arius", "label": "Arius", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arianism", "label": "Arianism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-emperor", "label": "Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantine-the-great", "label": "Constantine the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesus", "label": "Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bithynia", "label": "Bithynia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "god", "label": "God", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 319, "year_label": "319 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Arius travels to Nicomedia at the invitation of Bishop Eusebius, after having been accused of heresy and condemned by Alexander, the Patriarch of Alexandria. This gives rise to the Arian Controversy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372362353#Religion", "title": "319", "revid": 1372362353, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 323, "year_label": "323 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The poetic work Banquet (Thalia) by the Libyan-born Egyptian Christian priest Arius, age 73, expresses the doctrine that Jesus of Nazareth was not of the same substance as God but rather had a finite nature. As an ascetic, he leads a Christian community near Alexandria, and comes under suspicion of heresy. Arius writes to his former schoolmate Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, asking for support. Eusebius writes to other bishops, and when Arius is condemned in September, Eusebius gives him safe haven, and sponsors a synod at Bithynia in October, which nullifies Arius's excommunication (see Council of Nicaea).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336366222#Religion", "title": "323", "revid": 1336366222, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 337, "year_label": "337 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Constantine the Great, first Christian Roman emperor of the Western Empire (312–324), and of the Roman Empire (324–337), dies in Achyron, near Nicomedia, at age 65, after he is baptized by Eusebius of Nicomedia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342549552#Roman_Empire", "title": "337", "revid": 1342549552, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 338, "year_label": "338 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eusebius of Nicomedia becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul I is banished.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075323#Religion", "title": "338", "revid": 1267075323, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 339, "year_label": "339 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eusebius of Nicomedia is made bishop of Constantinople, while another Arian succeeds Athanasius as bishop of Alexandria, under the name Gregory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355371026#Religion", "title": "339", "revid": 1355371026, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 341, "year_label": "341 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eusebius of Nicomedia, archbishop of Constantinople", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317828287#Deaths", "title": "341", "revid": 1317828287, "section": "Deaths"}}]}