EUSEBIUS (oF EMESA) (d. c. 36o), a learned ecclesiastic of the Greek church, was born at Edessa. After studying at Caesarea, Antioch and Alexandria he was offered in 339 the see of Alexandria in succession to the deposed Athanasius, but he declined. He ac cepted the small bishopric of Emesa (the modern Homs) in Phoenicia, but his scientific bent led his flock to accuse him of sorcery, and he had to flee to Laodicea. A reconciliation was effected, but Eusebius finally resigned his charge and lived a studious life in Antioch. His life was written by his friend George of Laodicea. The fragments of his numerous writings are in Migne, Patrol. Graec. vol. lxxxvi.