Eusebius

Eusebius (Eusebius of Fano, Eusebio di Fano) was bishop of Fano in the 5th century and died around 526. Little is known of his life; the exact date of his promotion to the episcopate remains unknown. He is first documented historically when he took part in the Roman council convened by Pope Symmachus on 6 November 502, where his signature appears in the second-⁠to-⁠last position among the 64 bishops present, between Propinquus of Trevi and Romanus of Nomentum. His predecessor, Vitalis, was still alive on 1 March 499.

He was also part of the embassy, which Pope John I also joined, that Theodoric sent to Constantinople towards the end of 525 to obtain from the emperor Justin I a mitigation of the measures taken against the supporters of Arianism, the religion professed by the Ostrogothic king. The mission failed, and on their return, around May 526, the pope and Bishop Eusebius were imprisoned by Theodoric at Ravenna. The pope died in prison on 18 May 526; according to tradition Eusebius also died on the same day, at Fano. The archive record gives the commemoration on 18 April, in the Western calendar (new style). A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.