Pamphilius, an Elder of the Church at Cxsarea in Palestine, A. D. 306

This Pamphilius was an elder of the church at Caesarea, and a very eloquent, learned and godly man. It is stated of him that after much suffering and tribulation he underwent the conflict of martyrdom, for the name of Christ, and was thus numbered among the heroes of the bloody banner of Jesus Christ. It appears that he was a special friend of Eusebius Parnphilius, so that some are of the opinion, that the latter took his surname Pamphilius from him. This much is certain, that he wrote the following concerning him, as ancient authors have informed us: "Among those who were variously afflicted and vexed, and kept in chains and bonds at Caesarea, by Urban, the Proconsul of Palestine, was also Pamphilius, my most faithful friend, who probably was the chiefest martyr of our time, and the most celebrated in all manner of virtue and godliness." A. Mill., 1st book, fol. 124, col. 3, 4, from Eusebius and Jerome, compare with J. Gys., fol. 26, col. 4.