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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EUSEBIUS [OF NICOMEDIAI (d. 341?), See also:

Greek See also:bishop and theologian, was the defender of See also:Arius in a still more avowed manner than his namesake of Caesarea, and from him the Eusebian or See also:middle party specially derived its name, giving him in return the epithet of See also:Great. He was a contemporary of the bishop of Caesarea, and See also:united with him in the enjoyment of the friendship and favour of the imperial See also:family. He is said to have been ( forfeit his See also:English fiefs. Subsequently he was reconciled to the connected by his See also:mother with the See also:emperor See also:Julian, whose See also:early I Conqueror, who restored a portion of the confiscated lands. See also:tutor he was. His first bishopric was Berytus (See also:Beirut) in Phoe- , Eustace died in 1093, and was succeeded by his son, EUSTACE nicia, but his name is especially identified with the see of Nico- III., who went on crusade in ro96, and died about 1125. On See also:media, which, from the See also:time of See also:Diocletian till See also:Constantine his See also:death the See also:county of See also:Boulogne came to his daughter, See also:Matilda, and her See also:husband See also:Stephen, See also:count of See also:Blois, afterwards See also:king of See also:England, and in 1150 it was given to their son, Eustace IV.

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