Eusebius of Rome

Who they were

Eusebius was a Roman patrician and priest who died around 357; the martyrology of Usuard calls him a confessor at Rome under the Arian emperor Constantius. His later Acts say that he was an ardent defender of the Nicene Creed who publicly opposed the Arian party, held services in his own house when the orthodox were shut out of the churches, and boldly reproved those who had given way.

He was imprisoned in a tiny cell, where he spent his time in prayer and died after seven months. Two priests, Gregory and Orosius, buried him in the cemetery of Callixtus with the inscription 'To Eusebius, man of God'.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: Eusebius has been honoured as a confessor since the fourth century.

Why that counted as sanctity

Eusebius held to the faith of Nicaea when it was dangerous to do so, and died in prison for it.