Pamphilius, an Elder of the Church at Caesarea in Palestine, in the Year 306

This Pamphilius was an elder of the church at Caesarea, and a very eloquent, learned and godly man. It is said of him that after much suffering and tribulation he underwent the conflict of martyrdom, for the name of Christ, and was in this way numbered among the heroes of the bloody banner of Jesus Christ. It appears that he was a special friend of Eusebius Pamphilius, 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 about him, as ancient authors have told us: "Among those who were afflicted and troubled in various ways, and kept in chains and bonds at Caesarea, by Urban, the Proconsul of Palestine, was also Pamphilius, my most faithful friend, who was probably the chief martyr of our time, and the most celebrated in every kind of virtue and godliness." A. Mell., 1st book, folio 124, columns 3, 4, from Eusebius and Jerome, compare with J. Gys., folio 26, column 4.