Saint Ascholius (Ἀσχόλιος, d. 383/4) was Bishop of Thessalonica from AD 379 until his death, at the time of the

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as the state religion of the Roman Empire. He baptized Emperor

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. Ascholius was appointed Bishop of Thessalonica by Damasus, Bishop of Rome in an attempt to preserve Roman influence over the area in the face of a policy of expansion pursued by the Bishop of Constantinople. Ascholius was present at the

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in 381 where the claims of Maximus the Cynic to the bishopric of Constantinople were rejected.

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XIII, pp. 366–369. {{authority control 4th-century Byzantine bishops 380s deaths Bishops of Thessaloniki Saints from Roman Greece