St Euthymius the Great

(1), a convert at Milan, cir. A.D. 390. During the struggle between the empress Justina and Ambrose at Milan, Justina offered high dignities and rewards to anyone who would withdraw Ambrose from the church and conduct him into banishment. Euthymius purposely took a residence near the church, and kept a carriage in readiness. At the end of a year, however, and on the very day in which he had hoped to take Ambrose by surprise, he was himself apprehended, and was taken into banishment in the very carriage which he himself had provided. Euthymius, reflecting upon the workings of Providence, was himself converted. (Paulin. in Vit. Ambros. sec. 12.) (F. AJ

(2), a presbyter of Constantinople, who with Philip presided over the schools in that city, from which office they were deposed on account of their adherence to the cause of Chrysostom, and the freedom with which they had condemned the proceedings of his persecutors. Chrysostom wrote to Euthymius from Cucusus in A.D. 404 to console him under his trials, and to encourage him to persevere. . (Chrysost. Epist. 318.) [E. V.]

(8), the youngest of the four Nitrian solitaries known as "the Tall Brethren." [Curysostom ; Dioscorvs.] a 2 |