EUSEBIUS OF LAODICEA, was an Alexandrian by birth, and gained so great a reputation for his self-denial and charity that when in 262 the city was besieged by the emperor Gallienus he obtained permission to lead out the non-combatants. In Syria, he took part in the controversy against Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch. He became bishop of Laodicea, probably in 263, and died before 268. (See the article by E. Hennecke in Herzog Hauck, v. 619.)