Eutropius () is a Greek personal name. It may refer to: *

Eutropius (historian) Eutropius (–387) was a Roman people, Roman official and Roman historiography, historian. His book summarizes events from the founding of Rome in the 8th century BC down to the author's lifetime. Appreciated by later generations for its clear p ...

, a fourth century Roman historian, and author of an abridgement of Roman history *

Eutropius (consul 399) Eutropius (; died 399) was a fourth-century Eastern Roman official who rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Arcadius. He was the first eunuch to become a consul in the Roman Empire. Career Eutropius was born in one of the Roman pro ...

, 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

* Saint

Eutropius of Saintes Saint Eutropius of Saintes () is venerated as the first bishop of Saintes, France. According to tradition, he was a Roman or a Persian of royal descent; further information will be found in R Couffon, "Notes sur les cultes de saint Jacques et de s ...

, 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 Eutropius of Orange (; died 475) was bishop of Orange, France, during the 5th century and probably since 463, in succession to Justus. Life Eutropius was born to the nobility, in Marseille, where he spent a wild and wasted youth. According to t ...

, fifth-century bishop of Arausio, now Orange in France * Saint Eutropius of Valencia, a Spanish bishop of the late sixth and early seventh century {{hndis