Eulogius of Edessa explained

Honorific Prefix:	Saint
Eulogius of Edessa
Honorific Suffix:	Bishop of Edessa
Birth Date:	4th century
Residence:	Edessa
Death Date:	387
Death Place:	Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey)
Feast Day:	May 5 (Roman Catholic)

Saint Eulogius (Syriac: Walagash^[1]) was the Bishop of Edessa during the late 4th century A.D.^[2]

He was persecuted for his faith under the Roman emperors.^[3]

In 379 or 380 A.D., he built the House of Mar Daniel, a church in Edessa.^[4] He also attended the First Council of Constantinople in 381.^{[5] [6]}

He died on Good Friday, 387 A.D. Cyrus I of Edessa succeeded him as Bishop of Edessa.

He is canonized as a saint by both Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. His Roman Catholic feast day is May 5.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gelbert, Carlos. The Mandaeans and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ: enemies from the first days of the church. Living Water Books. Fairfield, N.S.W.. 2013. 978-0-9580346-4-7. 853508149. 277.
2. Web site: St. Eulogius of Edessa . Catholic Online . 2023-10-05 . 2023-12-04.
3. Web site: Confessors Barses and Eulogius, Bishops of Edessa, and Protogenes, Bishop of Carrhae . Orthodox Church in America . 2010-08-25 . 2023-12-04.
4. Web site: House of Mar Daniel . Syriaca.org . 2018-08-08 . 2023-12-04.
5. "Eulogius, bp. of Edessa." In: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (1911).
6. Web site: St. Eulogius of Edessa . Catholic.net . 2023-12-04 . 2023-12-04.