The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine was penned shortly after the emperor s death in AD 337 by the great Church historian Eusebius Pamphilus, bishop of Caesarea. Though criticized as mere panegyric lionizing Constantine s virtues while ignoring his flaws, Eusebius s Life is nonetheless the most substantial and detailed biography of the first Christian emperor to come down to us from antiquity. The work is also the sole source for several key episodes in Constantine s life including the emperor s famous vision of a cross in the sky accompanied by the words, Conquer by this.
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