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Saint
Arsenius
Fresco at Mount Athos, 14th century
the Deacon, the Roman, the Great
Born
350-354 Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
Died
445 Troe, Egypt, Roman Empire
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Oriental Orthodox Churches
Canonized
pre-congregation
Feast
May 8 (Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church) 13 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church)
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Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great, was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt, one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers, whose teachings were greatly influential on the development of asceticism and the contemplative life.
His contemporaries so admired him as to surname him "the Great". His feast day is celebrated on May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox church,[1] in the Roman Catholic Church,[2] and on 13 Pashons in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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experienced complex interactions during the first to the fourth centuries. As Christianity spread throughout the Hellenic world, an increasing number of...
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