Euphrasius of Poreč

Euphrasius of Poreč (in Italian Parenzo, in Croatian Eufrazije) was born at the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 6th century in Thrace and died in 560 at Poreč, being the second known bishop of Poreč by name. Little is known about his life. He became bishop between 530 and 540, installed there to enforce in Istria the church policy of the emperor Justinian after the Byzantine conquest. From 543 he had the basilica of the diocese rebuilt, using old parts of buildings; it now bears his name: the Euphrasian Basilica. He was buried in a chapel of the new basilica. He is regarded as a saint; our sources give no day of commemoration. A saint of the undivided Church.