Eutropius
Appearance
Eutropius (Ancient Greek: Εὐτρόπιος, romanized: Eutrópios, lit. 'good manner') is a Greek personal name. It may refer to:
- Eutropius (historian), a fourth century Roman historian, and author of an abridgement of Roman history
- Eutropius (consul 399), a Roman consul, put to death by the emperor Arcadius in AD 399
- The subject of the Head of Eutropius, a mid 5th century marble bust now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Church Fathers
[edit]- Saint Eutropius of Saintes, a first- or third-century bishop, martyred while attempting to convert the Gauls
- Saint Eutropius the Lector, a fifth-century lector in Constantinople martyred for supporting John Chrysostom
- Saint Eutropius of Orange, fifth-century bishop of Arausio, now Orange in France
- Saint Eutropius of Valencia, a Spanish bishop of the late sixth and early seventh century