Saint Ascholius (Ἀσχόλιος, d. 383/4) was
Bishop of Thessalonica from AD 379 until his death, at the time of the
adoption
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of
Christianity
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as the state religion of the Roman Empire.
He baptized Emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I ( ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene C ...
.
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
Second Council of Constantinople
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in 381
where the claims of
Maximus the Cynic to the bishopric of Constantinople were rejected.
References
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Patrologia Latina XIII, pp. 366–369.
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4th-century Byzantine bishops
380s deaths
Bishops of Thessaloniki
Saints of Roman Thessalonica