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The brief reign of Julian would affect Basil, in common with the whole Church, in two ways:  in the relief he would feel at the comparative toleration shewn to Catholics, and the consequent return of orthodox bishops to their sees; The most important instance being that of Athanasius, who, on his return to Alexandria after his third exile, held a synod which condemned Macedonians as well as Arians.  cf. Newman’s Arians, v. 1. in the distress with which he would witness his old friend’s attempts to ridicule and undermine the Faith.  Sorrow more personal and immediate must have been caused by the harsh treatment of Cæsarea Soz. v. 4. and the cruel imposts laid on Cappadocia.  What conduct on the part of the Cæsareans may have led Gregory of Nazianzus Or. iv. § 92. to speak of Julian as justly offended, we can only conjecture.  It may have been the somewhat disorderly proceedings in connexion with the appointment of Eusebius to succeed Dianius.  But there can be no doubt about the sufferings of Cæsarea nor of the martyrdom of Eupsychius and Damas for their part in the destruction of the Temple of Fortune. Epp. c., cclii.  Soz. v. 11.  cf. also Epp. xxxix., xl., and xli., with the notes on pp. 141, 142, for the argument for and against the genuineness of the correspondence.  Two Eupsychii of Cæsarea are named in the Acta Sanctorum and by the Petits Bollandistes,—one celebrated on April 9, said to have been martyred in the reign of Hadrian, the other the victim of Julian in 362, commemorated on Sept. 7.  Tillemont identifies them.  Baronius thinks them distinct.  J. S. Stilting (Act. Sanct. ed. 1868) is inclined to distinguish them mainly on the ground that between 362 and the time of Basil’s describing the festival as an established yearly commemoration there is not sufficient interval for the cultus to have arisen.  This alone seems hardly convincing.  The local interest in the victim of Julian’s severity would naturally be great.  Becket was murdered in 1170 and canonized in 1173, Dec. 29 being fixed for his feast; Lewis VII. of France was among the pilgrims in 1179.  Bernadette Soubirous announced her vision at Lourdes in 1858; the church was begun there in 1862.

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