E06357: Jerome mentions *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea S00140), and his collecting of Christian texts, in Letter 34 to Marcella, written in Latin in Rome, 384-5.

Jerome of Stridon, Letter 34.1

Beatus Pamphilus martyr, cuius uitam Eusebius Caesariensis episcopus tribus ferme uoluminibus explicauit, cum Demetrium Phalereum et Pisistratum in sacrae bibliothecae studio uellet aequare imaginesque ingeniorum, quae uera sunt et aeterna monumenta, toto orbe perquireret, tunc uel maxime Origenis libros inpensius persecutus Caesariensi ecclesiae dedicauit, [quam ex parte corruptam acacius, dehinc euzoius, eiusdem ecclesiae sacerdotes, in membranis instaurare conati sunt].

'Blessed Pamphilus the martyr, whose life Eusebius bishop of Caesarea unfolded in about three volumes, when he wanted to equal Demetrius Phalereus and Pisistratus in the study of the holy library sought images of talents which are true and eternal monuments, through the whole world, then eagerly pursued particularly the books of Origen, and gave them to the church of Caesarea, [since they were partly destroyed, Acacius, and then Euzoius, priests of that church, tried to restore them in parchment].'

Text: Hilberg 1996 (1910). Translation: Ferrante.