Saint · Feast 2 August
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop. The feast day is 2 August, kept as a optional memorial in the General Roman Calendar.
- Feast
- 2 August · Optional memorial
- Remembered as
- Bishop
The life
Eusebius, Saint, Bishop of Vercelli, b. in Sardinia c. 283; d. at Vercelli, Piedmont, August 1, 371. He was made lector in Rome, where he lived some time, probably as a member, or head, of a religious community (Spreitzenhofer, Die Entwickelung des alten Monchtums in Italien, Vienna, 1894, 14 sq.). Later he came to Vercellae, the present Vercelli, and in 340 was unanimously elected bishop of that city by the clergy and the people. He received episcopal consecration at the hands of Pope Julius I on December 15 of the same year. According to the testimony of St. Ambrose (Ep. lxiii, Ad Vercellenses) he was the first bishop of the West who united monastic with clerical life. He led with the clergy of his city a common life modeled upon that of the Eastern cenobites (St. Ambrose, Ep. lxxxi and Serm. lxxxix). For this reason the Canons Regular of St. Augustine honor him along with St. Augustine as their founder (Proprium Canon. Reg., December 16).
From the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), article “St. Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli”, in the public domain. Some details may since have been revised by later research. Read the whole article on Wikisource.
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