A Charitable Scholar

Ipse enim Eusebius amator et praeco et contubernalis Pamphili tres libros scripsit elegantissimos, vitam Pamphili continentes: in quibus cum catera miris laudibus praedicaret, humilitatemque eius ferret in coelum, etiam hoc in tertio libro addidit: Quis studiosorum amicus non fuit Pamphili? Si quos videbat ad victum necessariis indigere, praebebat large quae poterat. Scripturas quoque sanctas non ad legendum tantum, sed et ad habendum, tribuebat promptissime. Nec solum viris, sed et feminis, quas vidisset lectioni deditas. Unde et multos codices praeparabat, ut cum necessitas poposcisset, volentibus largiretur. Et ipse quidem proprii operis nihil omnino scripsit, exceptis epistolis, quas ad amicos forte mittebat; in tantum se humilitate dejecerat. Veterum autem tractatus scriptorum legebat studiosissime, et in eorum meditatione jugiter versabatur.  Sanctus Hieronymus, Apologia Adversus Libros Rufini, Liber Primus  Source: Migne PL 23 404

Eusebius himself, a close friend, herald and companion of Pamphilus, wrote three most elegant books containing the life of Pamphilus in which he proclaims with praise other admirable traits and lifts to the sky his humility, and in the third book he says further: 'What lover of study was not a friend of Pamphilus? If he knew of any of them being in want of the necessaries of life, he helped them to the utmost of his power. He would not only provide them copies of the Holy Scriptures to read, but to keep, and that most readily. And he gave not only to men, but to women also if he saw that they were given to reading. He therefore kept many volumes, so that when necessity pressed he could give to those who asked. He himself however, wrote nothing of his own, except letters which he sent to friends, so humble he judged himself. But the works of the old writers he read most diligently and was constantly occupied in meditation upon them.' St Jerome, from the Apology Against The Books Of Rufinus, Book 1