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Detail From An Icon of Saint Arsenius At The Holy Transfiguration Monastery Brookline Massachusetts Usa
Detail From An Icon of Saint Arsenius At The Holy Transfiguration Monastery Brookline Massachusetts Usa

Saint Arsenius The Great

Also known as: Arsenius the Roman; Arsenius the Deacon; Arsenio

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

July 19

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Arsenius The Great, also known as Arsenius the Roman, Arsenius the Deacon, and Arsenio, was born in 354 in the Roman Empire to a wealthy noble family. From an early age, he displayed great piety and a yearning for spiritual knowledge. Arsenius was ordained as a deacon and eventually became the tutor to the sons of Emperor Theodosius the Great around the year 383....