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Eusebius of Nicomedia (/ j uː ˈ s iː b i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος; died 341) was an Arian priest who baptised Constantine the Great on his deathbed in 337. [1] [2] A fifth-century legend evolved that Pope Sylvester I was the one to baptise Constantine, but this is dismissed by scholars as a forgery "to amend the historical memory of the Arian baptism that the emperor ...
The Baptism of Constantine is a painting by assistants of the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was most likely painted by Gianfrancesco Penni , between 1517 and 1524. After the master's death in 1520, Penni worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now ...
Constantine I [g] (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
The emperor ensured that God was properly worshiped in his empire; what proper worship (orthodoxy) and doctrines and dogma consisted of was for the Church to determine. [42] Constantine had become a worshiper of the Christian God, but he found that there were many opinions on that worship and indeed on who and what that God was.
Emperor Constantine I: Hosius of Corduba (and Emperor Constantine) 318 Arianism, the nature of Christ, celebration of Passover , ordination of eunuchs, prohibition of kneeling on Sundays and from Easter to Pentecost, validity of baptism by heretics, lapsed Christians, sundry other matters. First Council of Constantinople: May–July 381
By the eighth century, the 'Actus Silvestri was officially consecrated by the papacy of Rome at the time of Adrian I (772–795), and as such was handed down beyond the sixteenth century.' [28] Adrian wrote a letter mentioning the baptism of Constantine by Sylvester to Emperor Constantine VI and Empress Irene, which was read out at the Second ...
Constantine was not baptized until he was near death (337), choosing a bishop moderately sympathetic to Arius, Eusebius of Nicomedia, to perform the baptism. [ 6 ] Constantius II , Constantine's son and successor in the eastern empire, was partial to the Arian party, and even exiled pro-Nicene bishops.
The Baptism of Constantine, as imagined by students of Raphael. Conversions at the point of death have a long history. The first recorded deathbed conversion appears in the Gospel of Luke where the good thief, crucified beside Jesus, expresses belief in Christ. Jesus accepts his conversion, saying "Today you shall be with Me in Paradise".